Now You Sea Ice, Now You Don’t

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I got to thinking about sea ice and the climate models. Here’s what we know about polar sea ice extent, showing data that starts with…

Arctic sea ice–air interactions weaken El Niño–Southern Oscillation

… although many other factors may also play a role in the real world.

A good year for Svalbard polar bears due to abundant sea ice coverage

This year is probably a good year for Svalbard’s polar bears because there is a lot of sea ice here compared to recent years,” he said [The Guardian, 2 April…

BBC’s Failed ‘Fact Check’ of Daily Sceptic Report on Arctic Sea Ice

Cynics might note that taking out the higher totals of 40 years ago and replacing them with the lower recent figures would produce – more or less –  an above…

2024 Arctic sea ice maximum a whopping 14th below average following hottest year since 1850

It’s almost like Arctic sea ice extent in winter has almost no relationship with global temperatures!

Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute Shows January Arctic Sea Ice Now 20 Years Stable!

Winter sea ice in Arctic stable over past 20 years…has even recovered somewhat.

Arctic Sea Icecapades

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I see that the usual gloomy hype about arctic sea ice continues unabated. This has been going on for a while. Here’s the dean of…

Arctic “Just-So Stories”: Bad Science by Climate Alarmists

by Jim Steele The Arctic Ocean was nick-named the “upside down Ocean” by Fridtjof Nansen. Nansen was a famous Norwegian zoologists, oceanographer, and Arctic explorer as well as winner of…

Arctic Sea Ice Continues its Stonking Recovery

From the DAILY SCEPTIC BY CHRIS MORRISON Arctic sea ice continued its stonking recovery last month, recording its 24th highest level in the 45-year modern satellite record. As reported previously in the Daily Sceptic,…

How Bogus Arctic Warming Attribution Enabled the Climate Crisis Scam

Thus, claims by alarmists attributing rising CO2 to any loss of Arctic sea ice and so-called “Arctic amplification” is not supported by the evidence.

No, Arctic Sea Ice Isn’t Shrinking

There is mounting evidence that Arctic sea ice is cyclical rather than linear, and owes a great deal to natural influences such as a powerful ocean current called the Atlantic…

Polar bears and sea ice fail to implode in 2023 as predicted, with special thanks for your support

Contradictions and failed predictions abound.

Western Hudson Bay polar bears on their way offshore to hunt seals: freeze-up has begun

…so far, there have been no reports from this region of incidents of cannibalism, starving bears found wandering the landscape like zombies, or desperate attacks on people that polar bear specialists have warned us to expect (Abrahms et al.…

Polar bear sea ice habitat update at 15 November & problem bears in Western Hudson Bay

Abundant polar bear habitat this fall across the Arctic so far, with only Hudson Bay sea ice formation a bit behind schedule.

Arctic sea ice: the canary in the coal mine

More honest reporting is required from media outlets, climate scientists and government bodies about the true nature of change, good news as well as bad, instead of highly selective reporting…

Feeding time for Russian polar bears as shorefast ice returns to Laptev Sea, ice-generator of the Arctic

 Sea ice formation along shorelines attracts fish and seals and that means polar bears which spent the summer onshore will soon eat again after their summer fast.

Climate scientists admit they have a 90% chance of being wrong about Arctic sea ice

Guest Post by Javier Vinós Arctic sea ice is lowest during the month of September, and its average extent during this month is a useful metric for measuring Arctic sea…

Arctic 2023 Refuses To Melt…German Scientists Blame “Unusual Weather Phenomenon”

We notice that when the opposite happens, e.g. heat, storms or more melt happens, then it’s all because of climate warming. But when it goes the other way, then it’s…

17 years of near-zero trend in September sea ice demolishes claim that more CO2 means less sea ice

Arctic sea ice failed to nose-dive again this year, undoubtedly disappointing expects who have been anticipating a ‘death-spiral’ decline for ages.

“Mind-blowing” Claims of Record Low Antarctica Sea Ice on BBC Contradicted by Statements Made Seven Years Ago

Any unusual variation in weather and natural events is treated as evidence of a climate collapse requiring urgent human intervention. 

Climate Hysteria Ramps Up in Antarctica but Recent Data Shows Sea Ice Levels Similar to 1966

The climate catastrophe caravan is on the move again with the alarmists whipping up fears over a supposed low rate of winter sea ice in Antarctica.

What Sky News Did Not Tell You About Antarctic Ice

Nor do they mention that the ice has not “gone missing”, as they claim, but strong winds have pushed it polewards. As a result, the ice is thicker than normal:

Polar bear habitat around Svalbard Norway above average despite high temps in N. Atlantic

From Polar Bear Science Susan Crockford Sea ice extent for Svalbard was above average yesterday and has been since 17 July, despite “record-breaking” sea surface temperatures in June. The temperature…

More Barents Sea Polar Bear Habitat at Mid-July 2023 Than In 2012 Despite More Atmospheric CO2

… field data show bears in Svalbard are in better condition than they were in the late 1990s