Climate

The Arctic is above freezing in the middle of winter... Blue ocean event within 10 years seems likely

The Arctic is above freezing in the middle of winter... Blue ocean event within 10 years seems likely
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/04/temperatures-at-north-pole-20c-above-average-and-beyond-ice-melting-point

I don't know how to read this chart. Higher is better?

Higher is "normal" like it was in 1979

Here's a visual animation, although it's 5 years old you can see the trend clearly

Very impressive indeed.
I never realized that it flowed this much. Interesting leak on the east Greenland side to the Atlantic. Thanks for sharing!

Yeah that "leak" is supposed to be just normal seasonal circulation but nowadays the ice is not being replenished enough in the winter