Previously on WUWT we discussed the media’s fascination with “melt” when it comes to ice shelves cracking off. Then there’s also this picture that keeps getting recycled. http://www.ogleearth.com/wissm.jpg It is…
Category: Sea ice
What Is Normal Arctic Ice Extent?
Guest post by Steven Goddard I have been noticing in recent weeks that NSIDC extent is much closer to their 1979-2000 mean than NANSEN is to their 1979-2007 mean. This…
Inconvenient Eisdicken – "surprising results" from the Arctic
This is a news story from Germany outlining another Arctic ice measurement expedition. This one was conducted by flying the scientists across the north polar ice cap using the WWII…
Ice at the North Pole in 1958 and 1959 – not so thick
What would NSIDC and our media make of a photo like this if released by the NAVY today? Would we see headlines like “NORTH POLE NOW OPEN WATER”? Or maybe…
Media addicted to "melt", when it it should be "crack"?
Guest post by Steven Goddard What is Wrong with this Picture? http://www.ogleearth.com/wissm.jpg The picture of the Wilkins Ice Shelf cracks is itself fine, and the news media loves it so…
The Left Hand Knows Not What The Right Hand is Doing
Guest Post by Steven Goddard Last weeks’ top Antarctic AGW story was : Antarctic ice melting faster than expected due to CO2, of course. This week the #1 story is…
Catlin Arctic Ice Survey: paid advertising of results before they are even off the ice!
Sharp eyed WUWT reader Rick K spotted this advertisement on Yahoo News: I double checked what Rick K reported, and yes, they are running this ad. Either they just don’t…
Leaving The Ice Pack Behind
Leaving The Ice Pack Behind Guest post by Steven Goddard 2009 Arctic ice extent has jumped into a big lead over the previous four years. Danish Meteorological Institute Ice Cover…
NSIDC's Dr. Walt Meier on Catlin and Ice Survey Techniques
Walt sent me this essay unsolicited, and I think it is very useful for establishing some baseline techniques. There’s more useful information on techniques here than in the entire Catlin…
The Antarctic Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapse: Media recycles photos and storylines from previous years
Those masters of disaster are at it again, and it appears our friendly scientists at that National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) help this story along each year. Thanks…
New Milepost for Arctic Sea Ice Extent
Arctic Springtime Ice On The Mend Guest post by Steven Goddard http://www.catlinarcticsurvey.com/ Two of the Arctic ice sites show April 16 ice at recent record levels. The Japanese site IJIS…
Busted: Catlin Arctic Ice Survey "Didn't Expect" To Find First Year Ice
The farcical account of the Catlin Crew continues. You don’t even have to dig deep anymore to find as many holes in their stories as they say they are drilling.…
Why Third Year Arctic Ice Will Increase Next Year
Guest post by Steven Goddard In spite of the excess global sea ice area and the freezing Catlin crew, AGW proponents have recently ramped up the rhetoric about “melting ice…
Update: Sun and Ice
By Joseph D’Aleo, CCM The sun remains in a deep slumber. Today we are 15 days into April without a sunspot and with 603 sunspotless day this cycle minimum, 92…
Catlin Artic Ice Survey bio telemetry status: "demonstrational"
After being called out by WUWT on the fake biotelemtery readings presented as “live” but were actually from March 8th looping repeatedly, Team Catlin had changed the website to say:…
Watching the 2007 historic low sea ice flow out of the Arctic Sea
One of the common misconceptions pushed in the media is that Arctic sea ice simply “melts in place”. Much of this is due to the constant hammering of the AGW…
Was 2007 Arctic ice really a historic minimum?
Since we have been on the subject of Arctic expeditions this week, I thought I’d share this short essay sent to me by WUWT reader “thoughtful”. It has some interesting…
WUWT Ice Survey Shows Thickening Arctic Ice
Guest post by Steven Goddard The WUWT Arctic Ice Thickness Survey has been conducted from the comfort of a warm living room over the last half hour, without sponsors, excessive…
Polar Ice Worries – North and South
Guest post by Steven Goddard From The Washington Post : Norway’s foreign minister, Jonas Gahr Stoere, painted a stark picture of the climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.…
NSIDC Raises The Bar
Guest post by Steven Goddard In past years, NSIDC has referred to “declining multi-year ice” as the problem which the Arctic faces. Mark Serreze at NSIDC forecast a possible “Ice Free…
Bad news for Catlin Expedition: Satellite Data Shows Arctic Cooling in February and March
Guest Post by Steven Goddard As reported by Anthony, RSS satellite temperature data is out for March. And as the Catlin adventurers have discovered, it has been “stupidly cold” in…
Arctic Ice Summer Death Watch: 5, 30, or 100 years?
Gore says 5 years, now NOAA says 30 instead of 100 years. Place your bets. Ice-Free Arctic Summers Likely Sooner Than Expected NOAA News April 2, 2009 Mean sea ice…
Global Warming At The Pole Since 1913
Guest post by Steven Goddard From the Catlin web site today – a first hand description of what motivates the explorers, and what they are learning about Arctic warming. Thursday,…
Using old NASA imagery to look at Antarctic Ice in the 1960’s
From Space.com: Old Moon Images Get Modern Makeover WOODLANDS, Texas — Think of it as a space age twist to that adage: Something old, something new…something borrowed, something blue. Back…
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