A few days ago we had this: Another “Ship of Fools” gets grounded in Arctic ice, needs rescue Jay Ayer writes via WUWT Tips and Notes email: An 11 meter sailboat…
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Another “Ship of Fools” gets grounded in Arctic ice, needs rescue
Remember this? The ill-fated “Spirit of Mawson” expedition to Antarctica (in the Akademik Shokalskiy) that set out to bring attention to “global warming” only to be trapped in ice? It’s deja vu…
New Arctic Ice Measurement Satellite with “frickin’ lasers on [its] head”
Next month, NASA will launch into space the most advanced laser instrument of its kind, beginning a mission to measure – in unprecedented detail – changes in the heights of…
Oh Noes! Ecosystems are getting greener in the Arctic
Researchers develop technique to better predict how plants in cold regions respond to warming DOE/LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY In recent decades, scientists have noted a surge in Arctic plant growth…
Alarmists Claim ‘Global Heat Wave’ Is Melting Polar Bear Sea Ice – Facts Say Otherwise
According to The Guardian, there is a “global heat wave” going on right now. In Siberia, the heat is supposedly “completely unprecedented” and will surely (we are told) impact Arctic sea…
Study: Arctic Sea Ice Was Thinner In 1955 Than In years 2015-2017
From the “skating on thin ice” department. According to a new paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, the observed mean thickness of the sea ice in the region north…
Curious Circles in Arctic Sea Ice
NASA’s Operation IceBridge—the airborne mission flown annually over both polar regions—is now in its tenth year making flights over the Arctic. That’s a lot of flight hours spent mapping the…
Arctic ice like you've not seen it before
This came to me via a tip, but to be honest I get so many daily emails and comments I’ve lost the original source of the tip. This is via…
Arctic Ocean may have been covered by an ice shelf nearly double the size of Greenland’s ice sheet
An ice shelf over a kilometre thick once formed over the Arctic Ocean, a new study by researchers from the University of Sheffield has revealed. The study is the first…
Remember that "unprecedented" Arctic heating event in February 2018? Never mind.
In Feburary 2018, the temperature in the Arctic region went up considerably, prompting the usual caterwauling from climate alarmists worldwide. It looked like this at Vox, they saw red, and…
BBC Climate Explainers Recycle Yesterday's "The Day After Tomorrow"
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Yesterday’s “The Day After Tomorrow” climate explainer’s excuse for cold winters is back – research suggests that the North Atlantic current is weaker than anytime…
Claim: Global Warming Causing More Icebergs
Guest essay by Eric Worrall From the “Global Warming Causes More Snow” department comes a claim that the substantially increased risk of maritime embarrassment for scientists trying to sail to…
Arctic Wintertime Sea Ice Extent Is Among Lowest On Record (but not THE lowest)
From NASA Goddard: Sea ice in the Arctic grew to its annual maximum extent last week, and joined 2015, 2016 and 2017 as the four lowest maximum extents on record,…
Eye-roller Claim: one year of Arctic data enough to proclaim 'danger ahead'
From the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO and the “one year of data is good enough to predict danger when you let science die” department comes this ridiculous study with an equally ridiculous…
Quote of the week: "crazy stuff in the Arctic"
The overly excitable director of that National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is at it again. Previously, we’ve heard him declare “death spiral” and “the Arctic is screaming” to…
Emergency Plan to Airdrop Food to Climate Affected Starving Polar Bears
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Just when you thought the imaginary polar bear crisis couldn’t get any sillier; Scientists hatch bold plan to save polar bears It will take more…
Warm spike in Arctic drives alarmists into alarm mode – but there's no reason for alarm
The “I’ll never fly again and I’ll get a vasectomy to save the planet” guy, Eric Holthaus, flips out over weather. The guy’s a credentialed meteorologist, but turns a short…
Science debunks the "Arctic sea ice extent at its lowest for at least 1500 years" meme
These headlines have been recently making the rounds, such as this article at vox.com which describes “sudden scary ice melt in the Arctic, in three charts One of the charts…
Greenland Getting Colder: But Please Keep Believing in Global Warming
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Fifteen years of satellite measurements have unexpectedly shown that parts of Greenland are getting colder. But the scientists who produced these results urge people to…
Study: Arctic ocean ‘methane bomb’ really isn’t anything to worry about
From the UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER comes this study that backs up a study that we reported on just a few days ago about methane clathrates on the ocean floor. The so-called…
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