Antarctic sea ice extent reached its lowest level this year.
It is 7% below the average of 44 years of monitored satellite data and well below previous records.
This was observed by the "Copernicus" Climate Change Service, which, implemented by the European Center for Medium-Term Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission and with EU funding, regularly publishes monthly climate bulletins.
"The Antarctic Sea is affected by large areas of below-average sea ice concentration, from the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas to the northern Weddell Sea, as well as most of the Indian Ocean," Copernicus says.
Antarctic sea ice extent has decreased compared to the minimum values recorded in July between 2019 and 2021, ranking twelfth for the month of July, in satellite data.
"July 2022 is the warmest ever recorded, almost 0.4 degrees Celsius above the average for the reference period between 1991 and 2020," he added.
"Temperatures were below average across the Indian Ocean, from the Horn of Africa to southern India to much of central Asia, as well as much of Australia," he added.