Signe Aaboe
@signeaaboe.bsky.social
Climate and sea-ice scientist at MET Norway. Research interests include sea ice, oceans, and polar climate. Living in the far north and love gardening, hiking, paddling, and drinking coffee. Any opinions expressed are my own.
❄ September Arctic daily sea ice reached its annual summer minimum, the 14th lowest on record, with monthly extent about 10% below average. Daily sea ice extent in Antarctica reached its annual winter maximum, the 3rd lowest on record, as reported in the #C3S Climate Bulletin.
Norge er bare i rute med 3 av 23 mål i FNs naturavtale. Det slår en ny rapport fast. På sju av målene har det ikke har vært noen framgang.
Ny rapport: Norge ligger etter på 20 av 23 naturmål
Norge er bare i rute med 3 av 23 mål i FNs naturavtale. Det slår en ny rapport fast. På sju av målene har det ikke har vært noen framgang.
energiogklima.no
When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear & the internet becomes friendlier. So much of politics is driven by the internet & so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it
Did you know elevated CO₂ reduces protein in flower pollen? New research reveals: 📉 Larger pollinators are less abundant in high-CO₂ areas. 🐝 Yet, large bees are among our most effective pollinators. Understanding these shifts is key to supporting vital pollinators in a warming world.
Antarctic sea-ice extent has begun declining much earlier than usual and is currently at a level comparable to the record-low year of 2023 at this time of year. @osi-saf.eumetsat.int 🧪🌊❄️
Historic warmth is currently impacting our global oceans. September shattered the previous peak for the warmest average global sea surface temperature on record for the month. And this excessive heat is found across nearly all regions. Data from NOAA ERSSTv6. I finally adjusted the y-axis here. 🌊
Data updated through September so far: ▸Chile ▸India ▸Ireland ▸Italy ▸Norway ▸Portugal ▸Spain ▸Sweden ▸Switzerland ▸Thailand
Collected vehicle registration data
Frequently updated charts and data for new vehicle registrations across countries.
robbieandrew.github.io
Google has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to do the necessary environmental impact assessments on its construction sites. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns
Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessments
theguardian.com
1/n New paper out: "Satellite-Derived Volume Budget of Antarctic Sea Ice." This project started during Covid and took years of collaboration to bring together. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... A huge effort led by an amazing team, led by Sabina Sulikova (MSc @es-ucl.bsky.social)
Satellite‐Derived Volume Budget of Antarctic Sea Ice
We decompose Antarctic sea ice volume (SIV) into dynamic and thermodynamic terms over 2014–2020, using a novel year-round, dual-frequency sea ice thickness product Winter SIV is largely determine...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
23,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules. That’s the amount of heat the oceans absorbed in 2025. A number so huge it’s almost meaningless…until you realise it’s roughly 40× humanity’s annual energy use. The ocean is buying us time. We’re running out of it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
theguardian.com
I’ve seen moon halos and sun dogs, but this must be my first moon dog 🤩🌖✨
Half of Europe's population was exposed to poor or worse ground-level ozone levels so far in 2026, as successive summer heatwaves drove up concentrations, according to new @CopernicusECMWF analysis. 🔗 atmosphere.copernicus.eu/air-quality/... #AirQuality #Ozone
Who is ready for a change of season? 🍂🌱 The September equinox marks autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern, as the Sun crosses the equator. MTG-I1 captured it from space ⤵️ 📹 @esa.int / @eumetsat.int
Vi kutter prisene en gang til! 💚 Ny pris: 495 kroner! 🚌 Fra 1. november blir månedskortet for én sone i Oslo 160 kroner billigere. Men billig kollektiv er ikke bare for Oslo. Vi er også i gang med å kutte kollektivprisene i resten av landet, slik at kollektiv blir et godt alternativ i hele landet!
Interesting to compare the 2 sea-ice indices: extent and area. While Arctic sea-ice extent is still approaching its annual minimum, sea-ice area has already passed its minimum. This suggests that initial freeze-up mainly increases ice concentration before expanding the cover. @osi-saf.eumetsat.int
The @eumetsat.int satellite conference is already coming up next week! An important delegation from our project team will take part in this event, presenting current and upcoming developments. More about our participations: osi-saf.eumetsat.int/community/st... Looking forward to meeting you!
Similarly, Antarctic sea-ice extent is approaching its annual maximum: - remaining well below the climatological values - currently on track for the third-lowest maximum on record. Data: @osi-saf.eumetsat.int sea-ice index v3
Arctic sea-ice extent is approaching its annual minimum: - remaining below the climatological values and - currently among the 13 lowest minima on record. Data: @osi-saf.eumetsat.int sea-ice index v3
To add a little loveliness to your day, a splash of living colour in the form of a holly blue butterfly. How much poorer our lives are for nature loss, and how much richer for its return via rewilding.
Heatwaves affect our health, environment and economies. But what drives extreme heat, and how is it monitored? Discover the factors contributing to heatwaves, how #CopernicusClimate tracks them and their impacts. 🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/heatwaves-br...
Permafrost is thawing deeper and it’s happening worldwide. A new study of 156 monitoring sites found that the active layer, the soil that thaws each summer, increased significantly at many sites from 2000–2024. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Long-term monitoring of active layer thickness confirms global permafrost degradation - Communications Earth & Environment
Active-layer thickness increased at 55% and 38% of Arctic and Antarctic sites, and >90% in European, Asian, and South American mountains, driven by increasing thawing degree-days and rainfall, acco...
nature.com
Hopen, the narrow island in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, with sea ice swirling about in beautiful patterns. Image is acquired on 31 May 2026. Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery
It is once again possible to travel by #train between Northern #Finland and Northern #Sweden. Although a change of train is required in the Swedish border town of #Haparanda, the opening paves the way for better #connectivity across the Cap of the North.
After 38 years, trains reunite Finland and Sweden
Passenger trains are back across the northern Finland-Sweden border, reopening a long-awaited link after 30 years.
en.highnorthnews.com
Devastating news for Arctic environmental monitoring today: NOAA pulls support for the Arctic Report Card, effective immediately. #Arctic #Climate
Zack Colman@zcolman.bsky.social · 2mo agoSCOOP: Trump is ending federal support for NOAA's Arctic Report Card, a major annual update shedding light on the effect climate change has on the Arctic. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
Here comes the S̶u̶n̶ Moon 🌑 On 12 August, a total solar eclipse was visible across parts of Europe, while much of the continent experienced a partial eclipse. From space, MTG-I1 recorded the Moon’s shadow moving across Earth: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 📹ESA/Eumetsat
Totality observed in Spain as the moon's shadow arrived at the Iberian Peninsula moments ago.
❄ In July, Arctic sea ice extent was 9.6% below 1991–2020 average for July, the sixth-lowest July extent on record, as reported in latest #C3S Climate Bulletin. Antarctic sea ice extent was 6.4% below 1991–2020 average for July, fifth-lowest July extent in satellite record. ⬇️
