By Steve Goddard In 2007, Dr. Hansen boldly declared “…defying government gag orders. Hansen told Reuters, quote, “The reason so much (of the Arctic ice) went suddenly is that it…
Category: Arctic
The Sea Ice Monster: it's a scaly thing
By Steve Goddard and Anthony Watts If you zoom in far enough, most anything looks scary, like this picture of a human head louse. But when you look at it…
Visualizing Arctic Coverage
By Steve Goddard In recent articles, I have have been discussing GISS’ claim that their divergence from Had-Crut over the last decade is due to better Arctic coverage. They use…
Sea Ice Graphs Have Limited Predictive Value
By Steve Goddard I like to watch the sea ice graphs as much as anyone, and have wondered how much value they have in forecasting the summer minimum. So I…
500,000 km2 Discrepancy Between NSIDC and NORSEX
NOTE: there are some animated GIF’s in this post that may take time to fully load. Patience please. By Steve Goddard Monday’s NSIDC Arctic ice extent graph took a turn…
"Catastrophic" retreat of glaciers in Spitsbergen
I’ve been given a report on glaciers and sea ice in the Arctic that I want to share with readers. There’s some compelling evidence of glacier melting and open water…
Is Melting Ice Warming The Arctic?
By Steve Goddard Guardian photo : Ann Daniels Enjoying The Warming Arctic Yesterday, WUWT reported on a University of Melbourne study claiming that melting ice is behind the warming of…
Study: Melting sea ice major cause of warming in Arctic
No mention of missing “M’s” here in this press release from University of Melbourne Melting sea ice has been shown to be a major cause of warming in the Arctic…
Another Arctic Sea Ice Milestone
Many of you watch sea ice as closely as some people follow the NFL, soccer, or NASCAR. So when something of interest happens, I’m not without an inbox full of…
Earth gives us an Earth Day present: Arctic sea ice is highest for this date in 8 years
You gotta love it when the Earth gives back the love, especially today. Those who have been following NSIDC and JAXA sea ice plots have noted that this has been…
CryoSat passes first operational tests
From the European Space Agency, it looks like CryoSat-2 is working well. I’m sure we are all looking forward to seeing what the results are. ESA’s ice mission delivers first…
Visualizing Changes In The Arctic Summer Minimum Since The 2007 Low
After writing my earlier piece showing changes in the Arctic maximum since 2007, Willis requested the same image for the minimum. NSIDC does not archive extent images, but fortunately UIUC does…
WIRED Science: Tipping Point Not Likely for Arctic Sea Ice
While this article is encouraging when looking at the title, they are still pushing that “ice-free summer” meme. A late-winter expansion of Arctic sea ice is a good example of…
Visualizing Changes In Arctic Ice Since the 2007 Record Low
Guest Post by Steven Goddard We are all aware that Arctic ice extent has increased over the last two months, and is now about one million km2 larger than it…
An error in the pole hole assumption
Analysis of the recent American Thinker Article By Steven Goddard The American Thinker ran an article by Randall Hoven that asked “Was the Arctic Ice Cap ‘Adjusted’? The conclusion is…
Cryo-sat launch successful
Successful launch for ESA’s CryoSat-2 ice satellite From the European Space Agency: 8 April 2010 ESA PR 07-2010. Europe’s first mission dedicated to studying the Earth’s ice was launched today…
Arctic Sea Ice Reports: who to believe?
We’ve all seen that Arctic Sea ice area and extent has expanded and is back to normal. NANSEN Arctic ROOS just got their web page plots back online yesterday after…
"It really shows what's been going on in the Arctic – it's falling apart."
Via Tom Nelson: Another warmist in the Arctic: GE sponsors 15-year-old on polar trip. Photo courtesy of GE and Scott Draper Shortly after twice reporting a temperature of -34 C,…
NSIDC: Arctic Sea Ice Melt Season – latest start on record
From NSIDC Sea Ice News: Cold snap causes late-season growth spurt Arctic sea ice reached its maximum extent for the year on March 31 at 15.25 million square kilometers (5.89…
The great imaginary ice barrier
Back on April 2nd, it looked like Arctic Sea ice extent at NSIDC would cross the “normal” line. See: Arctic Sea Ice Extent Update: still growing The image then looked like…
You must be logged in to post a comment.