Category Archives: Sea Ice News

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Sea Ice News: Arctic sea ice extent making a sharp right turn

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

Over the past few days, Arctic sea ice extent has braked dramatically in the daily loss rate and now has made a sharp right turn, which is rather unusual. Here’s the JAXA extent: And here is a close up view, … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News – June ARCUS forecast from readers submitted

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

JAXA AMSR-E Sea Ice Extent -15% or greater – click to enlarge I submitted the WUWT ARCUS sea ice forecast today, based on votes received in our poll. Here is what I submitted via email, and asked for an acknowledgment:

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Sea Ice News – Call for Arctic sea-ice forecasts, plus forecast poll

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

It has been awhile since I’ve done a sea-ice report. That said, not much of note has been going on in the sea-ice arena, we are in that time of year when all of the years converge into a tighter … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News #36 – Arctic maximum ice extent reached – NANSEN data disagrees with NSIDC’s on the claim of a tie with 2006-2007

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

Now we start the slow slide into the Arctic Ice Minimum, likely sometime in September. It is important to point out that there’s a lot of ice up there, and as illustrated by the images below, the losses at ICEmax … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News #35 – Less ice, more snow

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

This is NSIDC’s report, and since I’m on a road trip, I’m unable to do an in-depth analysis. However, the WUWT Sea Ice page has more, and you can draw your own conclusions from the data presented there. Here’s one … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News #34

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

It has been awhile since I posted a  Sea Ice News. This one is a two parter. NSIDC’s Monthly Sea Ice News comes first, followed by some images and content I find interesting. Kudos to NSIDC for flagging the AO … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News #33

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

I’ve held the normal Sunday Sea Ice news until NSIDC released their monthly report, which they did today. I’m repeating it here verbatim. The main issue with Arctic extent has to do with the persistent Arctic Oscillation induced high over … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News #32 – Southern Comfort

Posted on December 21, 2010 by

I’ve been remiss at posting regular entries of this feature, and there hasn’t been much happening on the way to peak Arctic Ice this year. The action seems mostly down south, and there’s a lot of news from NSIDC that … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News #31

Posted on December 5, 2010 by

I’ve watched the hubbub over the AccuWeather video by Joe Bastardi that called NSIDC’s Sea Ice data into question, because it “seemed” to show lower Arctic Sea Ice values than that of JAXA or DMI. Here they all are: JAXA … Continue reading →

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Final 2010 Arctic Sea Ice Summary – Sea Ice News #30

Posted on November 23, 2010 by

UPDATE: Peter Sinclair shows his true crock colors, and refuses to correct his errors in “crock of the week” even after they’ve been clearly pointed out. Some “journalist”, see update screencap posted below. -Anthony I’m a bit late in getting … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News #29

Posted on November 14, 2010 by

In sea ice news this week, Arctic sea ice continues its inexorable climb toward the summit, to be reached sometime in March 2011. At present the ice growth is tracking just below the rate of 2007, but it should also … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News #28

Posted on October 31, 2010 by

I missed doing a Sea Ice News last week due to being a bit discombobulated with family health issues which have now thankfully been resolved, so I’ll pick up here with a new report. The news this week is that … Continue reading →

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NSIDC -vs- Cryosphere Today – a visual discrepancy

Posted on October 30, 2010 by

I’ve been aware of this for a couple of days on our Sea Ice page, but hadn’t done anything about it since I wanted to see if it might change. When blogger Kate of Small Dead Animals noticed it and … Continue reading →

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Summer 2010 in the Arctic and Other Sea Ice Topics

Posted on October 21, 2010 by

Guest post by Dr. Walt Meier Now that the summer is over, I thought people might be interested in a bit of retrospective of the sea ice melt season in 2010 and in the longer-term context. NSIDC provided a brief … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News #27

Posted on October 17, 2010 by

This week we continue to see strong gains in Arctic Sea Ice. JAXA’s extent paused briefly, but has resumed a strong upwards climb, now exceeding 2005 for this date. JAXA AMSR-E Sea Ice Extent -15% or greater – click to … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News #26

Posted on October 11, 2010 by

The news last week was the quick turnaround, this year it is the speed of ice growth. JAXA extent shows sharp growth, exceeding the 2009 rate, and almost as fast as 2005: JAXA AMSR-E Sea Ice Extent -15% or greater … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News #25 – NSIDC says 2010 3rd lowest for Arctic sea ice

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

As I mentioned earlier, I held the WUWT Sea Ice News feature a day so that I could including an expected press release from NSDIC. I’m glad I did. Here it is, including yet another zinger from NSIDC director Mark … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News – delayed a day – but still something interesting

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

UPDATE: Regular Sea Ice News now posted here: Sea Ice News #25 – NSIDC says 2010 3rd lowest for Arctic sea ice ======================================= Normally I have a Sea Ice News feature on Sundays. I’m holding it a day, because I’m waiting … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News #24

Posted on September 26, 2010 by

After a false start that fooled even the experts, it appears that sea ice has turned the corner, for real this time. NSIDC issued an update this week: Update: 21 September 2010 Although ice extent appeared to reach a minimum … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News #23, plus a bonus NOAA sea ice blunder

Posted on September 19, 2010 by

NOTE: This post has several images, including two animations. Those on slower connections, please be patient while they load. This week, I suppose the best word to describe the status of Arctic sea ice would be “uncertainty”. I alluded to … Continue reading →

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NOAA’s sea ice extent blunder

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

Now you see it…(09/14/2010) Now you don’t…(09/15/2010)

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Sea Ice News #22 – melt season may have turned the corner

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

UPDATE: 8AM PST 9/13/10 JAXA has updated with their final Sept 12th data, up for the second straight day there’s been a gain: The latest value : The latest value : 5,005,000 km2 (September 12, 2010 final data) While the vagaries of wind … Continue reading →

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