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Earth gives us an Earth Day present: Arctic sea ice is highest for this date in 8 years
You gotta love it when the Earth gives back the love, especially today. Those who have been following NSIDC and JAXA sea ice plots have noted that this has been…
CryoSat passes first operational tests
From the European Space Agency, it looks like CryoSat-2 is working well. I’m sure we are all looking forward to seeing what the results are. ESA’s ice mission delivers first…
Visualizing Changes In The Arctic Summer Minimum Since The 2007 Low
After writing my earlier piece showing changes in the Arctic maximum since 2007, Willis requested the same image for the minimum. NSIDC does not archive extent images, but fortunately UIUC does…
WIRED Science: Tipping Point Not Likely for Arctic Sea Ice
While this article is encouraging when looking at the title, they are still pushing that “ice-free summer” meme. A late-winter expansion of Arctic sea ice is a good example of…
Visualizing Changes In Arctic Ice Since the 2007 Record Low
Guest Post by Steven Goddard We are all aware that Arctic ice extent has increased over the last two months, and is now about one million km2 larger than it…
An error in the pole hole assumption
Analysis of the recent American Thinker Article By Steven Goddard The American Thinker ran an article by Randall Hoven that asked “Was the Arctic Ice Cap ‘Adjusted’? The conclusion is…
Cryo-sat launch successful
Successful launch for ESA’s CryoSat-2 ice satellite From the European Space Agency: 8 April 2010 ESA PR 07-2010. Europe’s first mission dedicated to studying the Earth’s ice was launched today…
Arctic Sea Ice Reports: who to believe?
We’ve all seen that Arctic Sea ice area and extent has expanded and is back to normal. NANSEN Arctic ROOS just got their web page plots back online yesterday after…
NSIDC: Arctic Sea Ice Melt Season – latest start on record
From NSIDC Sea Ice News: Cold snap causes late-season growth spurt Arctic sea ice reached its maximum extent for the year on March 31 at 15.25 million square kilometers (5.89…
The great imaginary ice barrier
Back on April 2nd, it looked like Arctic Sea ice extent at NSIDC would cross the “normal” line. See: Arctic Sea Ice Extent Update: still growing The image then looked like…
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Update: still growing
The April 1st National Snow and Ice Data Center Arctic Sea Ice Extent plot continues its unusual upwards trend and is almost intersecting the “normal” line. Given the slope of…
Arctic Sea Ice about to hit 'normal' – what will the news say?
Forecasting The NSIDC News By Steven Goddard and Anthony Watts Barring an about face by nature or adjustments, it appears that for the first time since 2001, Arctic Sea ice…
Ice Station Ztupid
Well I’ve ignored the “new” Catlin Arctic survey as long as I can. Like last year, they’ve gone off the deep ends of the earth with wacky claims. Apparently the…
Arctic sea ice continues to rise past the normal peak date
I’ve been watching this NSIDC graph for a few days, figuring it was just noise. Now, it looks like “something worth blogging about“. The Arctic sea ice extent is continuing…
Why Joe Bastardi sees red: A look at Sea Ice and GISTEMP and starting choices
AcuuWeather meteorologist Joe Bastardi has a question about two datasets and asks: If it is darn warm, how come there is so much sea ice? Bastardi asks a simple question:…
The Guardian sees the light on wind driven Arctic ice loss
First, we pointed this out quite some time ago. See: Winds are Dominant Cause of Greenland and West Antarctic Ice Sheet Losses and also NASA Sees Arctic Ocean Circulation Do an About-Face…
NSIDC Reports That Antarctica is Cooling and Sea Ice is Increasing
By Steven Goddard Last month we discussed how NASA continues to spread worries about the Antarctic warming and melting. A January 12, 2010 Earth Observatory article warns that Antarctica “has…
IPCC AR4 Commenter: "I do not understand why this trend is insignificant – it is more than three times the quoted error estimates”
Yet Another Incorrect IPCC Assessment: Antarctic Sea Ice Increase by Chip Knappenberger March 8, 2010 Another error in the influential reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports…
Baltic sea ice traps ships
There’s a lot of buzz about this in the blogosphere because of the constant barrage of alarming reports being fed by the media on Arctic sea ice melt. As we…
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