NASA video tour of the Cryosphere 2009

WUWT commenter Ray tips us to a new video from NASA “The Tour of the Cryosphere 2009”. With all the interest in sea ice right now, it seems like a…

How have the scientists done on Arctic sea ice forecasts this year? – Maybe not so good.

Steve McIntyre on Climate Audit brings our attention to an interesting sea ice extent forecasting “contest” conducted by the Study of Environmental ARctic CHange (SEARCH). With the end of the…

DMI arctic temperature data animation doesn't support claims of recent Arctic warming

UPDATE: 9/8/09 The University of Colorado made a serious mistake in the press release that I cited. This press release was issued well before the paper was available, and of…

Why the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are Not Collapsing

Cliff Ollier School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. Colin Pain Canberra City ACT 2601, Australia. Global warming alarmists have suggested that…

Arctic temperature headed below freezing

There’s a couple of indicators that at least for Arctic temperature, the numbers are headed south. First the weather plot from the drifting buoy that is connected with NOAA’s North…

An update on Jeff Id's excellent sea ice video

Arctic Sea Ice Video Update by Jeff Id As we approach the Arctic Sea Ice minimum, a lot of eyes are looking and projecting what the minimum will be. In a…

Ice Capades: Greenpeace recants polar ice claim, but "emotionalizing" is OK

Well it is that time of year again, the Arctic ice begins to melt, as it does every year, and all sorts of crazy talk starts coming out. This time…

Rescue Me! Another polar expedition trapped in ice

Gosh, this is becoming a theme. Intrepid sailors/hikers/tourists/scientists/ecologists head for the Arctic with intent to show the world how the Arctic is melting, get stuck in/on the ice, or hopelessly…

NSIDC on arctic ice: It is now unlikely that 2009 will see a record low extent

From NSIDC sea ice news During the first half of August, Arctic ice extent declined more slowly than during the same period in 2007 and 2008. The slower decline is…

Update on Arctic sea ice melt – "Ice pockets choking Northern Passage"

First let’s get a look at the current NSIDC graph: and now the JAXA graph:

Statement on Arctic Climate Change from the President of the Royal Society

While we are on the subject of the APS and their consideration of their stance on climate, this statement came to me today via Philip Bratby in comments. I thought it…

Spy Sat Images of Arctic ice declassified

From the “pictures actually do matter” department…NSIDC’s Mark Serreze is thrilled to get them from Science News Hundreds of high-resolution satellite photos of the Arctic sea ice taken during the…

More on RC Misinformation from Pielke Sr.

Real Climate Permits The Continued Presentation Of Misinformation Part II Filed under: Climate Change Forcings & Feedbacks, Climate Science Misconceptions — Roger Pielke Sr. @ 8:42 am There are comments…

Arctic temp above 80N parallel still below freezing – trend flat

WUWT readers may recall seeing this article last week: Arctic temperature is still not above 0°C – the latest date in fifty years of record keeping In that article, Joe D’Aleo…

New Antarctic Sea Ice Video – shows cycles and ice growth

Antarctic Sea Ice Complete Video by Jeff Id , reposted here by invitation. The video animation Jeff put together is well worth watching, see it below the “read more” line. –…

Warmists deny Copenhagen access to polar bear scientist

From the UK Telegraph 26 June 2009 Christopher Booker POLAR BEAR EXPERT BARRED BY WARMISTS Over the coming days a curiously revealing event will be taking place in Copenhagen. Top…

Arctic temperature is still not above 0°C – the latest date in fifty years of record keeping

By Joseph D’Aleo, AMS Fellow, CCM The average arctic temperature is still not above (take your pick) 32°F 0°C 273.15°K–this the latest date in fifty years of record keeping that…

Interesting times at the "North Pole"

There is a webcam at the “North Pole” (at least it starts out very near there) that reports via satellite data uplink at regular intervals. They also have a weather…

Historic Variation in Arctic Ice

Historic Variation in Arctic Ice Guest post from the Air Vent by Tony B The following is a guest post by Tony B on the history of Arctic ice. I…

The climate science elephant footprint in the room

Even though written from a biased perspective, with comments such as “raving from a fringe minority”, this article speaks clearly to things like the absurdity of the Catlin Artic Ice…