Tag Archives: Sea ice

Fat polar bears (Ursus Maritimus Obesus) -vs- CFACT

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

The press release below is from Wiley, where they worry that the polar bear can’t find enough sea ice. Meanwhile, billboards proclaim the uptick in polar bear numbers thanks to conservation efforts and other factors. See below for 10 reasons … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News: Volume 4 #1 – Arctic Ice gain sets a new record

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

From the Nature abhors a vacuum department comes this note from RealScience showing that Arctic sea ice has made a stunning rebound since the record low recorded in the late summer of 2012. With a few weeks of growth still to … Continue reading →

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Michael Tobis has bupkis

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

UPDATES have been added:  see below. Not only does Tobis have bupkis, he’s been caught out in a Janus moment from 2010 where he says the exact opposite. – Anthony I wrote a post yesterday pointing out how a WWF … Continue reading →

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Dust in the wind: Melt ponds in the Arctic hasten overall melting

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

I’ve often wondered if carbon soot plays a role in this. See our recent WUWT story about how black carbon’s role has been underestimated, and note that Arctic melting is listed as one of the effects. See also the tag … Continue reading →

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Record Arctic Storm Melted Sea Ice

Posted on December 27, 2012 by

Image Credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center IUP Bremen From Live Science: Months before Hurricane Sandy hurled the Atlantic Ocean into houses and cities along the East Coast, another record-breaking cyclone battered North America, helping push this year’s Arctic … Continue reading →

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A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature” – “Extreme Weather” Update

Posted on November 10, 2012 by

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” Recently there have been increased efforts to link “Climate Change” and “Extreme Weather” e.g., NOAA links extreme weather to climate change CBS – July 10, 2012, “NASA scientist links climate change, extreme weather” CNN … Continue reading →

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Arctic Ice and the DMI deficit

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

There’s been some interest in these before and after graphs highlighted by the blog “sunshinehours” here. Arctic Sea Ice Not As Bad As They Claimed??? DMI To me it looked like a data processing change at DMI (Danish Meteorological Institute) of … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News Volume 3 Number 14 – Arctic refreeze fastest ever

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

After all of the news about a minimum record ice extent last month, this is interesting. As we know when water loses its ice cover, it allows a lot of heat to radiate into space as LWIR. many predictied that … Continue reading →

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According to NOAA data, all time Antarctic sea ice extent record was set on Sept 22nd, 2012

Posted on September 29, 2012 by

At the blog “sunshine hours” it seems the Antarctic has set a new record. He writes: As you may know, I have been using Cryosphere’s Antarctic Sea Ice Area data to show the record levels of Antarctic Sea Ice. But I … Continue reading →

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Hamster wheels and sea ice explained

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

From the University of Calgary Utoday: Melting Arctic ice cap at record low - By Heath McCoy Think of a poor hamster on a spinning wheel, caught up by momentum and unable to stop until it’s overwhelmed, sent tumbling, crashing out … Continue reading →

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Tisdale: How Much of an Impact Does the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation Have on Arctic Sea Ice Extent?

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

Last week I asked Bob Tisdale to take a hard look at potential correlations between the AMO and Arctic sea ice extent, and he rose to the challenge – Anthony Guest post by Bob Tisdale This post presents reference graphs … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News Volume 3 number 13 – 2012 Arctic sea ice minimum reached, it’s all gain from here

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

I’ve been watching the JAXA sea ice data on the WUWT sea ice page intently for the last few days. Click to enlarge. I was ready to call the minimum this morning, but thought I’d get a second opinion, so … Continue reading →

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Friday Funny – Guardian publishes a story about Earth ‘raising the white flag’ due to disappearing ice, then disappears the story

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

Fortunately, the Internet has a memory.  Here’s some excerpts from the story by Damian Carrington. After reading it, I can see why they disappeared it.

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Sea Ice News Volume 3 number 12 – has Arctic sea ice started to turn the corner?

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

Nothing definitive, but interesting. The area plot above is from NANSEN. The extent plot also shows a turn:

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New paper finds deep Arctic Ocean from 50,000 to 11,000 years ago was 1–2°C warmer than modern temperatures

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

Reposted from the Hockey Schtick A new paper published in Nature Geoscience finds “From about 50,000 to 11,000 years ago, the central Arctic Basin from 1,000 to 2,500 meters deep was … 1–2°C warmer than modern Arctic Intermediate Water.” This finding is particularly surprising … Continue reading →

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Sea Ice News – Volume 3 Number 10 – ARCUS August Sea Ice Outlook posted, plus worries over Arctic storm breaking up sea ice

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

In the latest ARCUS Sea Ice Outlook, WUWT, Stroeve (NSIDC), and Meier (NSIDC) agree at 4.5 million square km. Whether those values turn out to be high due to the recent ice loss as a result of a strong Arctic … Continue reading →

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ARCUS: July Sea Ice Outlook Published

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

WUWT comes in at the median value of 4.6 million square kilometers (they rounded up from our 4.55 submission) . It is important to note that even with the large losses in June, nobody who submitted to ARCUS is forecasting … Continue reading →

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NW passage not so busy after all

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

Guest post by Robert Phelan One of our commenters last week was going on about how the Northwest Passage was opening up and ships were making the passage… there is a website which tracks world wide shipping…. So my question … Continue reading →

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A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature” – 2nd Quarter, 2012 – “What Global Warming Looks Like” Update

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” In the US we are currently being bombarded with claims that “this summer is ‘what global warming looks like’” from the Associated Press and “summer heat wave an early indication of global warming” from … Continue reading →

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July sea ice outlook submitted to ARCUS

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

The WUWT Extent Projection: 4.55 million square kilometers. Readers polled, 142 responded with 22.11% of responses in the range of 4.5 to 4.6 million square kilometers. 4.6 million sqkm  11.21%  (72 votes) 4.5 million sqkm  10.9%  (70 votes) This was almost … Continue reading →

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