Tag Archives: National Snow and Ice Data Center

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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Quote of the Week – Grist thinks spontaneous human combustion might be a convincing bit of evidence for AGW

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

There’s been some wild claims out there the past few days since BEST released their results in a media blitzkrieg on October 20th prior to peer review.  But this one from Grist writer Jess Zimmerman has to rank up there … Continue reading →

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Times Atlas Greenland ice fubar: Death by Wikipedia?

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

UPDATE: The publisher of the Atlas has issued a clarification and apology: The Times Atlas is renowned for its authority and we do our utmost to maintain that reputation. In compiling the content of the atlas, we consult experts in … Continue reading →

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‘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 →

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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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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 →

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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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August WUWT Arctic sea ice outlook submitted to ARCUS

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

This month, we have nearly a perfect bell curve distribution of votes, except for a minority vote that says less than 4.5 million sq kilometers. 750 votes were cast. PAN-ARCTIC OUTLOOK – WUWT (acronym for WattsUpWithThat.com)

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August ARCUS forecast poll – What will the September NSIDC Arctic minimum extent be?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

Once again, I’m going to give WUWT readers an opportunity to make a forecast for submission, based on voting. See the poll at the end.  I’ll run this poll each month in the week before the deadline, and we’ll see … Continue reading →

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Antarctic Ice shelf collapse – “worse than we thought”

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

Researchers Provide Detailed Picture of Ice Loss Following Collapse of Antarctic Ice Shelves An international team of researchers has combined data from multiple sources to provide the clearest account yet of how much glacial ice surges into the sea following … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News – July ARCUS forecast published

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

Figure 1. Distribution of individual Pan-Arctic Outlook (July Report) values for September 2010 sea ice extent. Credit: Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS). Click to enlarge. Download High Resolution Version of Figure 1. Thank you to all contributors of … Continue reading →

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July ARCUS forecast poll – What will the September NSIDC Arctic minimum extent be?

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Once again, I’m going to give WUWT readers an opportunity to make a forecast for submission, based on voting. See the poll at the end.  I’ll run this poll each month in the week before the deadline, and we’ll see … Continue reading →

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The ARCUS June Arctic Sea Ice Outlook

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

WUWT readers may recall last month when I asked them to complete a web poll for the ARCUS Arctic Sea Ice Outlook. Readers obliged and I submitted the results to ARCUS to be included in their June Outlook, as shown … 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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Another interesting sea ice interaction

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Observing Arctic ice-edge plankton blooms from space False-colour satellite image of ice-edge phytoplankton blooms Ongoing climate-driven changes to the Arctic sea-ice could have a significant impact on the blooming of tiny planktonic plants (phytoplankton) with important implications for the Arctic … Continue reading →

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“Scientists” Pull a Snow Job on Reporters in Teleconference

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

Update: James Taylor’s post on Forbes supports our position. A number of alarmists have been organized to team up on the comment section to defend the undefensible. Please add your voice of support to shout them down in the comments … 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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Arctic “death spiral” actually more like “zombie ice”

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

From the AGU Journal Highlights, some news that NSIDC’s “death spiral” has zombie like characteristics, and that the ice may quickly return from the dead, even if the Arctic turned ice free during summer. Nature is more resilient it seems, … 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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