Timelapse decreasing Arctic Sea Ice Extent 1979-2024

The sea ice area for the Arctic shows near-record minimums since 2002. The timelapses show the areas for each month relative to the median extent (purple line). The median extent is based on the period 1981-2010. The recent years represent a unique event because they show a year-to-year persistence of minimum ice extents. Sea ice area is now significantly below the level of the 1980s and earlier.

There are two timelapses in the video. One is sequential in time with the end of the month as a the image included. It shows very well the natural flow in ice extent on the Northern Hemisphere.
The Second one shows from 1979 till 2024 every month. You can compare for yourself how every end of the month differs.
All images come from the NOAA and are public domain.

[Grahzee]

This video shows the surface of the ice, not the volume.
Therefore it is hard to understand what is going on.

[zpan]

Not bad, I was expecting something much worse.