A regime shift in seasonal total Antarctic sea ice extent in the twentieth century

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 January 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01254-9

Antarctic sea ice extent is thought to be stable or increasing, in contrast to Arctic declines. Estimates of seasonal Antarctic sea ice from reconstructions show that increases are confined to the satellite era, post-1979, with substantial decreases in the early and mid-twentieth century.