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- I called the Arctic sea-ice turn upwards a few days ago here. From NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER and the “you could also say 31st highest on record” department. End-of-summer Arctic sea ice extent is eighth...
- NASA scientists seek to improve sea ice predictions Sat, 2 Sep 17, 5:30amFrom the NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is in a downward spiral, with summer minimum extents about 40 percent smaller than in the 1980s. But predicting how the sea ice is going to behave in...
- Death of a Climate Icon – the polar bear’s demise as a useful poster child Sat, 2 Sep 17, 1:00amBy Dr. Susan Crockford Last week I asked: “What’s causing the death of the polar bear as a climate change icon?” I was echoing the conclusion of a commentator at the Arctic Institute (22 August 2017) who lamented: “The...
- Arctic warming likely turned Harvey into "an extreme killer storm" Fri, 1 Sep 17, 1:09amMelting Arctic ice and spiking temperatures don't just affect the northernmost part of Earth. According to Cornell University professor Charles Greene, they can also impact storms, like Hurricane Harvey, that are thousands...
- Arctic melt season changes and the Arctic regime shift Fri, 11 Aug 17, 10:00pmBy Javier In sharp contrast with previous decades, the past 10 years have seen no change in Northern Hemisphere average sea ice extent, according to MASIE (may-zee, Multi-sensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent) database from the...
- US approves oil drilling in Alaska waters, prompting fears for marine life Fri, 14 Jul 17, 7:07amItalian company plans to drill four exploration wells in the Arctic, which some say will endanger polar bears, bowhead whales and other marine mammals
- “‘The permafrost is dying’: Bethel sees increased shifting of roads and buildings”… Now they just need some warming. Tue, 11 Jul 17, 2:47amGuest post by David Middleton Rural Alaska ‘The permafrost is dying’: Bethel sees increased shifting of roads and buildings Author: Lisa Demer Updated: 1 day ago calendar Published 2 days ago BETHEL — Along the main...
- How climate scepticism turned into something more dangerous Fri, 7 Jul 17, 3:00pmDoubts about the science are being replaced by doubts about the motives of scientists and their political supporters. Once this kind of cynicism takes hold, is there any hope for the truth? By David Runciman
- A Rebuttal to Environmentalists’ Claims That “Arctic Drilling Revenue Predictions Are ‘Way Off’” Wed, 21 Jun 17, 6:46amGuest post by David Middleton Why would anyone care what “environmentalists” have to say about potential Arctic oil revenue? I only care because their “reasoning” is both fun and easy to ridicule...
- Arctic Expedition Cancelled Due to Excess “Climate Change” Thu, 15 Jun 17, 6:16pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall h/t James Delingpole / Breitbart – University of Manitoba has a new term for excess sea ice; they now call it “climate change”...
- Study finds a natural cause for early 20th century Arctic warming – but kowtows to CO2 in the present Wed, 31 May 17, 4:30amFrom the universities of Kyoto & San Diego comes this old tired catchphrase, along with a polar bear picture to go with the press release. Is a warmer Arctic a canary of global warming? Since the 1970s the northern polar...
- Claim: Arctic warming to increase Eurasian extreme cold events Wed, 17 May 17, 2:45amFrom the INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES and the “it’s called weather” department. In recent years, Arctic warming and extreme events have attracted widespread attention of...
- Arctic Methane Seeps Slow Global Warming, Reverse Ocean Acidification and Cure Hypoxia Tue, 9 May 17, 10:14pmGuest post by David Middleton From the “Truth is Stranger than Fiction” files: Are methane seeps in the Arctic slowing global warming? By Randall HymanMay...
- Alarmists Gone Wild: Saving the Arctic Sea Ice from Oblivion With… Windmills! Wed, 3 May 17, 11:41pmGuest post by David Middleton From the “Truth is Stranger than Fiction” files… Leave it to a researcher who studies icy moons in the outer solar system to come up with an out-there scheme to restore vanishing...
- Sea ice off Newfoundland thickest ever yet another polar bear comes ashore Mon, 24 Apr 17, 2:06amBy Dr. Susan Crockford: Amid reports that ice conditions between Newfoundland and southern Labrador are the worst in living memory, another polar bear was reported ashore in the area — just after biologist Andrew Derocher...