by Steven Goddard, We have been watching temperatures and webcam images closely at the NOAA North Pole drifting weather station this year. Except for a few days in early July,…
Category: Sea ice
Sea Ice News #16
By Steven Goddard, http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php Summer is rapidly winding down in the Arctic, and (based on DMI graphs) the region north of 80N appears set to finish the summer as the…
Get your ice here! New WUWT Sea Ice Machine
Tired of surfing the net to get all the widely spread sea ice graphs and images? I got your back. Introducing the WUWT Sea Ice Machine. Given the intense interest…
A response to NSIDC's Dr. Walt Meier essays
Note: I second Steve’s thanks below to Dr. Meier for his essays (part1 and part 2) that enable us to have this discussion. Back on Feb 9th, 2010 WUWT readers…
NSIDC's Dr. Walt Meier – part 2
Yesterday, Dr. Meier commented on PIPS -VS- PIOMAS, here is Part 2 Here are some thoughts on three other sea ice issues addressed in recent posts: (1) concentration vs. extent,…
A note about before and after at NSIDC
Some readers may have noticed the sharp uptick at NSIDC for the Southern Hemisphere sea ice extent, as highlighted in WUWT Sea Ice News #13: Here is how it looks…
Take a right turn to Ice Station Zero
I wrote this nine days ago : stevengoddard says: June 28, 2010 at 10:16 pm In three days, the slope of the Arctic extent graph will begin to drop off.…
The Importance of Concentration
By Steve Goddard Last month, a number of well known web sites and commenters were getting themselves worked up with comments like “Arctic ice dropping at the fastest rate in…
Antarctic sea ice peaks at third highest in the satellite record
While everyone seems to be watching the Arctic extent with intense interest, it’s bipolar twin continues to make enough ice to keep the global sea ice balance near normal. These…
Barrow Update
By Steven Goddard, A few days ago I did a post Latest Barrow Ice Breakup On Record? Since then, the Barrow webcam has started showing open water, which has confused…
Arctic Ice Graphing Lesson Increasing By 50,000 km2 Per Year
By Steven Goddard [see important addendum added to end of article ~ ctm] [Note: The title and conclusion are wrong due to bias in the start/end point of the graph,…
Sea Ice News #11
“Steepest slope ever.” By Steven Goddard We have been hearing a lot about how the decline in Arctic ice is following the “steepest slope ever.” The point is largely meaningless,…
The List Goes On …. and On
By Steven Goddard, Surely the world must be coming to an end, preceded by the demise of Arctic Ice. Some of my current favorites are listed below.
Latest Barrow Ice Breakup On Record?
By Steven Goddard, In my last post, we discussed how there has been no visible change in the landfast ice near Barrow, AK. during the last week. The University of…
Ice Dancing
By Steven Goddard, In order to better visualize what is happening in the Arctic this summer, I generated an animation of satellite photos over the area of open water west…
The Trend
By Steven Goddard No matter what happens with the summer Arctic ice minimum, NSIDC will report that the long-term trend is downwards.
Sea Ice News #10 – September Outlook
By Steven Goddard The Arctic sun has now passed its peak, and is starting its decline towards the horizon over the next 90 days. All four (JAXA NSIDC DMI NORSEX)…
Tricky Sea Ice Predictions Call for Scientists to Open Their Data
From Wired Science It’s refreshing to see NSIDC director Mark Serreze coming to grips with his role in stirring up Arctic ice scare stories (like the famous “death spiral”) in…
Scan of Arctic ice dispels melting gloom: Researcher
From The Vancouver Sun An electromagnetic “bird” dispatched to the Arctic for the most detailed look yet at the thickness of the ice has turned up a reassuring picture. The…
Arctic Albedo
by Steven Goddard Looking at the June 14 satellite photo above, you see the view which the Sun sees of the North Pole. Well not exactly, because the elevation of…
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