New paper finds climate models are getting worse rather than better Via the Hockey Schtick: A paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters finds that the latest climate models are…
Tag: Polar ice packs
English Winters Back To Normal–Julia Blames Global Warming!
By Paul Homewood According to the Sun, Britain’s winters are getting colder because of melting Arctic ice, the Government’s forecaster said yesterday. Met Office chief scientist Julia Slingo said climate…
Ice loss model verification via satellite observations
European satellite confirms UW numbers: Arctic Ocean is on thin ice By Hannah Hickey (via university of Washington press release) The September 2012 record low in Arctic sea-ice extent was…
Sea Ice News: Volume 4 #1 – Arctic Ice gain sets a new record
From the Nature abhors a vacuum department comes this note from RealScience showing that Arctic sea ice has made a stunning rebound since the record low recorded in the late…
Michael Tobis has bupkis
UPDATES have been added: see below. Not only does Tobis have bupkis, he’s been caught out in a Janus moment from 2010 where he says the exact opposite. – Anthony…
Matt Ridley: A Lukewarmer's Ten Tests
What it would take to persuade me that current climate policy makes sense Guest post by Matt Ridley I have written about climate change and energy policy for more than…
Dust in the wind: Melt ponds in the Arctic hasten overall melting
I’ve often wondered if carbon soot plays a role in this. See our recent WUWT story about how black carbon’s role has been underestimated, and note that Arctic melting is…
The Dr. David Viner moment we've all been waiting for…a new snow record
WUWT readers surely recall this most often quoted prediction about snow. From the Independent’s most cited article: Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past by Charles Onians: However,…
Alice in Wonderland science
Our energy and environment deserve better – in South Africa and Qatar Guest post by Dr. Kelvin Kemm A few weeks ago, perhaps as a prologue to the “global warming…
Sea ice extent linked to ocean currents – hindcast model works
UPDATE: Perhaps in response to criticism here, MIT has changed the press release wording. See below. From MIT, now if they could work the wind patterns in, as NASA suggests,…
Sea Ice News Volume 3 #15 – Arctic sea ice doubles in October
In Sea Ice News #14, we noted that the Arctic refreeze was the fastest ever. According to NSIDC, Arctic sea ice extent doubled in October. Arctic rapidly gaining winter ice…
Sea Ice News Volume 3 Number 14 – Arctic refreeze fastest ever
After all of the news about a minimum record ice extent last month, this is interesting. As we know when water loses its ice cover, it allows a lot of…
Thinning Arctic Ice; More Al Gore Aided and Abetted Misinformation?
Guest post by Dr.Tim Ball Al Gore did more to bring melting Arctic ice to global attention and concern than anyone. Polar bears became victims and poster animals for destructive…
According to NOAA data, all time Antarctic sea ice extent record was set on Sept 22nd, 2012
At the blog “sunshine hours” it seems the Antarctic has set a new record. He writes: As you may know, I have been using Cryosphere’s Antarctic Sea Ice Area data to…
Sea Ice News, Volume 3 Number 14 – Antarctic Sea ice near record high of 2007
While the Arctic recently set a new record low, lower than that of 2007, the Antarctic is at near record highs similar to that of 2007 according to University of…
Hamster wheels and sea ice explained
From the University of Calgary Utoday: Melting Arctic ice cap at record low – By Heath McCoy Think of a poor hamster on a spinning wheel, caught up by momentum and…
Tisdale: How Much of an Impact Does the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation Have on Arctic Sea Ice Extent?
Last week I asked Bob Tisdale to take a hard look at potential correlations between the AMO and Arctic sea ice extent, and he rose to the challenge – Anthony…
NASA on Arctic sea ice record low – storm 'wreaked havoc on the Arctic sea ice cover'
NASA finally admits it Arctic cyclone in August ‘broke up’ and ‘wreaked havoc’ on sea ice — Reuters reports Arctic storm played ‘key role’ in this season’s sea ice reduction.…
Sea Ice News Volume 3 number 13 – 2012 Arctic sea ice minimum reached, it's all gain from here
I’ve been watching the JAXA sea ice data on the WUWT sea ice page intently for the last few days. Click to enlarge. I was ready to call the minimum…
Friday Funny – Guardian publishes a story about Earth 'raising the white flag' due to disappearing ice, then disappears the story
Fortunately, the Internet has a memory. Here’s some excerpts from the story by Damian Carrington. After reading it, I can see why they disappeared it.
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