Category Archives: Arctic

Crowdsourced Climate Complexity – Compiling the WUWT Potential Climatic Variables Reference Page

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” With the help of an array of WUWT reader comments, which began on this thread on January, 15th 2011, and grew on January 22nd, 2011, February 10th, 2011, February 28th, 2011, June 30th, 2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in AMO, Announcements, Antarctic, Arctic, Carbon dioxide, carbon sequestration, Citizen science, climate data, clouds, cosmic rays, dust storms, earth, education, energy, ENSO, Environment, feedbacks, flooding, forecasting, geothermal energy, global warming, hurricanes, Land use land cover change, lightning, measurement, Methane, modeling, oceans, PDO, Science, sea ice, snowfall, Temperature, tornadoes, UHI, weather | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 113 Comments

Was the Northeast Passage first navigated in 1660?

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

If true, it suggests periods of reduced Arctic sea ice during that time that made this feat possible. Reposted from the blog Ecotretas with permission   A graphical comparison between the North East Passage (blue) and an alternative route through … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | Tagged , , , , , , , | 68 Comments

Arctic Death Spiral: no sale – the public isn’t buying

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

From the Carsey Institute: Americans’ Knowledge of Polar Regions Up, But Not Their Concern Environmental Issues in Polar Regions Are Polarizing DURHAM, N.H. – Americans’ knowledge of facts about the polar regions of the globe has increased since 2006, but … Continue reading →

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Alaska On The Rocks

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach From the “weather is not climate” department, the sea ice is in early and thick in Alaska. It makes me shiver just to look at the picture. They had to use an icebreaker to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice, snow | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 172 Comments

Polar bears and sulfates

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

From the University of Washington  some apparent confusion about what sulfates look like. Injecting sulfate particles into stratosphere won’t fully offset climate change IMAGE:A polar bear walks along an expanse of open water at the edge of Hudson Bay near … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, Arctic | Tagged , , , , , , , | 94 Comments

The Ridiculousness Continues – Climate Complexity Compiled

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” With the help of an array of WUWT reader comments on this thread and several others documented within, I’ve been compiling a summary of all potential climatic variables in order to build a conceptual … Continue reading →

Posted in aerosols, AMO, Antarctic, Arctic, climate data, clouds, cosmic rays, dust storms, earth, Earthquakes, energy, ENSO, feedbacks, geothermal energy, Gravity, hurricanes, Methane, oceans, PDO, petroleum, Science, sea ice, snow, solar, solar power, thorium power, tornadoes, wind power | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 264 Comments

Russian river water affecting the Arctic – AO shift blamed

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

From the University of Washington Russian river water unexpected culprit behind Arctic freshening near US, Canada A hemisphere-wide phenomenon – and not just regional forces – has caused record-breaking amounts of freshwater to accumulate in the Arctic’s Beaufort Sea. Freshwater … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 41 Comments

Great Circle Route over the pole cleared for Branson’s Virgin Air

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

This will shave six hours off a flight from London to Fiji, which had to either stop in Los Angeles or Seoul en-route. There’s a good side and a bad side to this. The good side: Thousands, perhaps hundreds of … Continue reading →

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Polar bears becoming a problem in some Arctic towns – survey accuracy questioned

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

This interesting article shows the information and perception gap between scientists that do helicopter surveys of polar bears and the native people who co-exist in their presence.

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New study shows temperature in Greenland significantly warmer than present several times in the last 4000 years

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Kobashi et al 2011 was just published in GRL, and it looks like it will be upsetting the paleoclimate apple cart. The conclusions of Kaufman et al 2009 look to be minimized in comparison to this much more complete study. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, glaciers, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , | 80 Comments

Dr. Jeff Masters gets caught up in the full on media stupidity

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

The major winter storm in Alaska mentioned overnight on WUWT, while weaker than the previous record storm 1974, gets pegged as being “aided and abetted by global warming”: While the storm is weaker than the ’74 event, it appears to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Arctic, weather | Tagged , , | 81 Comments

Sea Ice News: rapid re-refreeze of the Arctic in October, 40% faster than normal

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

From NSIDC: A rapid freeze-up Arctic sea ice extent increased rapidly through October, as is typical this time of year. Large areas of open water were still present in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas at the end of the month. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Sea Ice News | Tagged , , | 94 Comments

New WUWT Polar Vortex Reference Page

Posted on October 29, 2011 by

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” We are pleased to introduce WUWT’s newest addition, the WUWT Polar Vortex Reference Page. For those unfamiliar, a Polar Vortex is “caused when an area of low pressure sits at the rotation pole of … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Arctic, ozone, sea ice, stratospheric water vapor | Tagged , , , , , | 81 Comments

The Incredible Voyage of Neodenticula Seminae

Posted on October 29, 2011 by

Guest Post by David Middleton This article from a publication called DW-World was recently brought to my attention as iron-clad proof of unprecedented Arctic melting due to AGW… Seems pretty cut and dried… But, I had never heard of DW-World, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic | Tagged , | 59 Comments

NSF just now figures out Archimedes’ buoyancy principle

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Just like Archimedes discovered millennia ago, it is well known today that the Arctic ice cap displaces it’s own weight in the water so that when it melts it will not cause a rise in global sea level. Surprisingly, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Science, sea ice | Tagged , , , , , , | 157 Comments

Arctic cold yields “unprecedented Arctic ozone loss”

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

“What was different about this year was that the temperatures were low enough to generate ozone-depleting forms of chlorine for a much longer period of time.” And it is worth noting that the “unprecedented” only applies to the short satellite … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Arctic, ozone | Tagged , , | 169 Comments

Warming Island / Greenland Sea Regional Climate and Arctic Sea Ice Reconstruction

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Guest post by David Middleton The recent return of the Warming Island AGW myth inspired me to build a climate reconstruction for the Greenland Sea region. Temperature Reconstruction I performed a GISS station search centered on 71.4 N latitude, 23.5 … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , , , | 52 Comments

Model predicts Arctic sea ice extent

Posted on September 24, 2011 by

From the University of Washington , some great news if it holds predictive power over time in the face of a cyclic, noisy, non-linear system. Model provides successful seasonal forecast for the fate of Arctic sea ice Relatively accurate predictions … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, forecasting, modeling, sea ice | Tagged , , | 47 Comments

Study suggests Arctic sea ice loss is not irreversible

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

We covered this topic before on WUWT, but it showed up again in this week’s AGU highlights. Given the attention to the recent Arctic sea ice low and quick turnaround, I thought it would be appropriate to mention again. From … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, modeling | Tagged , , , | 69 Comments

Climate clam chowder has a spicy ENSO rhythm from an old recipe

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

From the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research comes word that the climate varied before, just like it does today, and we won’t be stuck with a permanent El Niño. Imagine that. 50-million-year-old clam shells provide indications of … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Arctic, ENSO, paleoclimatology | Tagged , , , , , , | 27 Comments

‘Atlasgate’ deepens: NSIDC rejects being a specific source of The Times Atlas 15% Greenland ice loss claim

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

The Guardian has this article up today: The claim was this: “for the first time, the new edition of the (atlas) has had to erase 15% of Greenland’s once permanent ice cover – turning an area the size of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Greenland ice sheet | Tagged , , , , , | 112 Comments

Complaints over false info in new Times World Atlas grow

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

Yesterday we pointed out how an island shown on a map 50 years ago was cited (because it appears today and was finally given a name) as “proof” of Greenland ice melt. Now some heavy hitters are weighing in saying … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, glaciers, Greenland ice sheet | Tagged , , , , | 30 Comments

Arctic ice refreezing after falling short of 2007 record

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

By Joseph D’Aleo, CCM, AMS Fellow The arctic ice appears to have bottomed out at a level 6.4% higher than the 2007 record. Mark Serreze of the National Snow and Ice Data Center says the Arctic could be ice-free in … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Sea Ice News | Tagged , , , , , | 89 Comments

In other news…Arctic sea ice has turned the corner

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

We all need a break from the Gore-a-thon, so here’s some cheering news. As I reported on Sept 13th, Sea Ice News: Arctic sea ice “may” have turned the corner sea ice appeared then to have turned the corner for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic | Tagged , | 76 Comments

Sea Ice News: Arctic sea ice “may” have turned the corner

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

UPDATES: New NSIDC data and a press release from them added below. While some folks (Joe Romm in particular) are touting the recent University of Bremen press release suggesting a new record low has been met, declaring record minimum Arctic extent … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, sea ice, Sea Ice News | Tagged , , , , , , | 209 Comments