Antarctica: Return of the Weddell polynya supports Kiel climate model After 40 years, a large ice-free area appears again in the Southern Ocean in mid-winter Currently, winter has still a…
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Evidence of Recent Volcanic Eruptions Under the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet
Guest post by David Middleton The discovery of volcanoes under the Antarctic ice sheet may be old news, but now we have evidence that at least some of them have…
Record-low 2016 Antarctic sea ice was due to a 'perfect storm' of tropical, polar conditions – not 'climate change'
While winter sea ice in the Arctic is declining so dramatically that ships can now navigate those waters without any icebreaker escort, the scene in the Southern Hemisphere is very…
Evidence for Little Ice Age in Antarctica
The actual title of the article is: Century-old seal pelts reveal changes in Ross Sea ecosystem. ~ctm From the UC Santa Cruz Newscenter Scientists found valuable samples for comparison…
Study validates East Antarctic ice sheet to remain stable even if western ice sheet melts
Public Release: 17-Aug-2017 Study validates East Antarctic ice sheet to remain stable even if western ice sheet melts Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS — A new study from Indiana University-Purdue University…
Scientists discover 91 volcanoes below Antarctic ice sheet
From The Guardian This is in addition to 47 already known about and eruption would melt more ice in region affected by climate change This is in addition to 47…
Media gets high on Antarctic Crack
I thought I’d take a moment from my R&R to write about all the hullabaloo surrounding the calving of the large iceberg off the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica.…
Climate change impacts Antarctic biodiversity habitat
From the University of Queensland IMAGE: Climate change impacts Antarctic biodiversity habitat. view more Credit: Peter Ryan Ice-free areas of Antarctica – home to more than 99 per cent of…
Obvious science from Antarctica: ice melts in warmer temperatures thanks for El Nino
From the Ohio State University and the department of obvious science Widespread snowmelt in West Antarctica during unusually warm summer Strong El Nino played a major role in warming the…
Oh noes! Models say Emperor Penguins can't walk away from climate change
From the “not happy feet” department and the “prospects look grim” climate model comes this mostly emotional bit of science PR. Please send money for more research too. Finding new…
Oh noes! Antarctica 'greening' due to climate change
From the “greening of the planet must be a bad thing” department and the UNIVERSITY OF EXETER comes this breathless missive. Note: one species of moss is not equal to the…
Study: Antarctica's ice sheet survived warmer times, remains stable today
Antarctic study shows central ice sheet is stable since milder times From the UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Central parts of Antarctica’s ice sheet have been stable for millions of years, from…
Oh noes! Antarctic ice rift spreads
From SWANSEA UNIVERSITY and the “if ice cracked in the Antarctic before airplanes and satellites existed, did it make a visual?” department. New branch revealed in latest data from ice…
Oops, Warmists just lost the Antarctic peninsula – it is now cooling
A warming trend of 0.32 °C/decade during 1979–1997 to a cooling trend of − 0.47 °C/decade during 1999–2014. Remember the much ballyhooed paper that made the cover of Nature, Steig et al, “Warming…
Researchers solve the century-old mystery of Blood Falls
From the UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS, and the “at least they didn’t blame climate change” department: A research team led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Colorado College has…
Föhn winds: New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelves
New research describes for the first time the role that warm, dry winds (katabatic winds) play in influencing the behaviour of Antarctic ice shelves. Presenting this week at a European…
The art of green deception . . .about those record temperatures in Antarctica
Warren Blair writes: On the same day (24 March 2015) in the real Antarctic (not Esperanza on the Trinity Peninsula) Australia’s Casey research station had its coldest 24 March day…
Study: Extensive ice cap once covered sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia
From the UNIVERSITY OF EXETER A new study reveals the sub-antarctic island of South Georgia — famous for its wildlife — was covered by a massive ice cap during the last…
Boreholed science: making giant leaps of logic in Antarctica
This press release is from the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – BERKELEY During last warming period, Antarctica heated up 2 to 3 times more than planet average Amplification of warming at poles…
The horror! Atmospheric CO2 concentration at Syowa Station in Antarctica exceeds 400 ppm
From the RESEARCH ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS and “it’s just a number” department, comes this breathless press release. Atmospheric CO2 concentration at Syowa Station in Antarctica exceeds 400 ppm…
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