In the latest ARCUS Sea Ice Outlook, WUWT, Stroeve (NSIDC), and Meier (NSIDC) agree at 4.5 million square km. Whether those values turn out to be high due to the…
Tag: Arctic Ocean
Shades of Zwally – Vision Prize calls for 'ice free Arctic' predictions – cast your vote
People send me stuff. Today, just over two months away from the end of summer, when NASA’s Jay Zwally famously predicted (with an assist from AP’s Seth Borenstein): “…the Arctic…
Coldest July in history for Anchorage?
From the Alaska Dispatch and the weather is not climate unless it’s 100 degrees outside department comes this report: Could this be the coldest July in history for Anchorage? According…
Here we go again: row, row, row, your boat – Arctic edition
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I must admit, being an oceanic adventurer myself, I do love to read about outrageous voyages. The feats of Shackleton in the Endurance stir my…
Study shows the Arctic was much colder while Earth was warmer during Eemian warm period
Warm Climate – Cold Arctic? The Eemian is a poor analogue for current climate change 12.06.2012/Kiel. The Eemian interglacial period that began some 125,000 years ago is often used as…
SMOS Satellite imagery suggests NE passage to open soon – 'primarily attributable to the wind'
From the Alfred Wegener Institute: North-East Passage soon free from ice again? Winter measurements show thin sea ice in the Laptev Sea, pointing to early and large scale summer…
Measurements of Carbon in the Arctic Ocean – “Carbon is the currency of life."
New Study by WHOI Scientists Provides Baseline Measurements of Carbon in Arctic Ocean Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have conducted a new study to measure levels of…
"…the Arctic Ocean could be nearly ice-free at the end of summer by 2012"
Its always important to remember what has been predicted by the elders of science, and to review those predictions when the time is right. In four months, just 132 days…
Negative feedback? Declining sea ice to lead to cloudier Arctic
From the AGU weekly highlights Composite image. Data from MODIS. Credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center. See High Resolution Image Key Points: EFA method is valuable in providing quantitative…
NASA and multi-year Arctic ice and historical context
Over at NASA, they have a press release about old Arctic sea ice disappearing since 1980, including a helpful comparison widget that splits the before and after for comparison. I’ll…
Russian river water affecting the Arctic – AO shift blamed
From the University of Washington Russian river water unexpected culprit behind Arctic freshening near US, Canada A hemisphere-wide phenomenon – and not just regional forces – has caused record-breaking amounts…
Sea Ice News: rapid re-refreeze of the Arctic in October, 40% faster than normal
From NSIDC: A rapid freeze-up Arctic sea ice extent increased rapidly through October, as is typical this time of year. Large areas of open water were still present in the…
Warming Island / Greenland Sea Regional Climate and Arctic Sea Ice Reconstruction
Guest post by David Middleton The recent return of the Warming Island AGW myth inspired me to build a climate reconstruction for the Greenland Sea region. Temperature Reconstruction I performed…
Tisdale on Ocean Heat Content Anomalies
April to June 2011 NODC Ocean Heat Content Anomalies (0-700Meters) Update and Comments Guest post by Bob Tisdale A NEW APPEARANCE Due to the noise in the Ocean Heat Content anomaly…
Arctic ice refreezing after falling short of 2007 record
By Joseph D’Aleo, CCM, AMS Fellow The arctic ice appears to have bottomed out at a level 6.4% higher than the 2007 record. Mark Serreze of the National Snow and…
Icebreaker at the North Pole
From the Alfred Wegener Institute news that a ship that reached the real geographic North Pole, unlike the hapless group of Whisky sponsored rowers (Row to the Pole) who are…
New study suggests Arctic 'tipping point' may not be reached
This is interesting. While there’s much noise from alarmists that we are on an “Arctic death spiral” the team for this paper’s press release today found evidence that ice levels…
Sea Ice News: Arctic sea ice extent making a sharp right turn
Over the past few days, Arctic sea ice extent has braked dramatically in the daily loss rate and now has made a sharp right turn, which is rather unusual. Here’s…
Another interesting sea ice interaction
Observing Arctic ice-edge plankton blooms from space False-colour satellite image of ice-edge phytoplankton blooms Ongoing climate-driven changes to the Arctic sea-ice could have a significant impact on the blooming of…
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