Jumat, 31 Agustus 2012

Paul Beckwith on ice speed and drift - update 1

Above image shows Arctic sea ice extent (total area of at least 15% ice concentration) for the last 7 years, compared to the average 1972-20...

Two earthquakes off the coast of Jan Mayen Island

Two earthquakes struck the waters off the coast of Jan Mayen Island on August 30, 2012. One had  a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter Scale and...
Rabu, 29 Agustus 2012

Arctic sea ice area already shrank by over 81 percent this year

Arctic sea ice area already shrank by over 81% this year. Arctic sea ice area was 13.70851 million square km on the 88th day of 2012, as ill...
Selasa, 28 Agustus 2012

Arctic Sea Ice Collapse Food Emergency

Arctic Sea Ice Collapse Food Emergency a video by Peter Carter of ArcticClimateEmergency.com

Diagram of Doom

Above diagram was part of a poster displayed at the 2011 AGU meeting in San Francisco by the Arctic Methane Emergency Group (AMEG). It was...

Opening further Doorways to Doom

Until now, the Arctic has been protected from overheating in a number of ways.   Negative Arctic Oscillation conditions are associated with ...
Senin, 27 Agustus 2012

Paul Beckwith on ice speed and drift

Above image shows Arctic sea ice extent (total area of at least 15% ice concentration) for the last 7 years, compared to the average 1972-20...

NSIDC: Arctic sea ice breaks lowest extent on record

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) reports that Arctic sea ice has broken the previously lowest extent on record, which was in 20...
Sabtu, 25 Agustus 2012

Future of Arctic Ice: The Three Perspectives

By Veli Albert Kallio Veli Albert Kallio in front of Peter Wadhams and John Nissen at APPCCG event , March 13, 2012, House of Commons, Londo...

How much sea ice is lost daily?

How much sea ice is lost in the Arctic daily? What are your estimates (in square km and cubic km)?  Paul Beckwith Paul Beckwith, B.Eng, M.Sc...

Cyclone Warning

By Harold Hensel, edited by Sam Carana The Google Earth view below shows an Arctic Cyclone going over Alaska and entering the Arctic Ocean. ...
Jumat, 24 Agustus 2012

Arctic sea ice extent update

The image below shows sea ice extent as calculated by the Polar View team at the University of Bremen , Germany, updated August 25, 2012. Th...
Senin, 20 Agustus 2012

Record low sea ice area

Arctic sea ice area reached a record low of 2.87746 million square km on the 230th day of 2012 , as illustrated on the image below by The Cr...
Minggu, 19 Agustus 2012

Tipping Points

The increasing melt may be a harbinger of greater changes such as the release of methane compounds from frozen soils that could exacerbate w...
Jumat, 17 Agustus 2012

Arctic sea ice updates

Above diagram shows sea ice extent as calculated by the Polar View team at the University of Bremen , Germany. Paul Beckwith warns that a se...

Opening the Doorways to Doom

Snow and ice protect the Arctic from overheating in summer. Firstly the brightness of the snow and ice cover ensures that most sunlight gets...
Kamis, 16 Agustus 2012

CryoSat

The image below shows how much the older, thicker sea ice has declined over the years. This decline doesn't become apparent when focusin...
Selasa, 14 Agustus 2012

Sea ice extent update August 14, 2012

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado has released an update. Excerpts follow below, for the full post...

Another Arctic Cyclone brewing

Paul Beckwith fears that another Arctic cyclone could be starting up about 5 days from now.  GFSx model shows it churning from about August ...
Senin, 13 Agustus 2012

Getting the picture

Have a look at the picture below. It shows a graph based on data calculated by the Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (PI...
Minggu, 12 Agustus 2012

Charting Mankind’s Arctic Methane Emission Exponential Expressway to Total Extinction in the Next 50 Years

By Malcolm P.R. Light August 10, 2012 Abstract The exponential increase in the Arctic atmospheric methane derived from the destabilization o...