2016 Arctic Sea Ice Thread

[macdoc]

Yikes ...certainly an odd turn right

 

[a_unique_person]

Where did all the ice go?

 

[aleCcowaN]

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Where did all the ice go?

to the dogs ...

When I'm back and with a serious Internet connetion I'll check whether 2017 is gonna be a record breaking low. It looks that way. The Antarctic sea ice is almost 2 million square kilometres lower than the average. Too much for the "Antartic ice is growing" meme of the memos (morons)

 

[macdoc]

Yikes...

https://www.newscientist.com/articl...as-reached-a-record-low-should-we-be-worried/

but as accurately assessed

It was compiled by a contributor to the Arctic Sea Ice blog called Wipneus, rather than an official source, but it is accurate. The latest version can be found here. One scientist suggested the trend was due to a sensor error, but this is not the case. So, should we be worried?

Here’s what you need to know.

This is a weather event, not a climate eventWhat’s happening in the Arctic would be impossible without a century of global warming causing a long-term decline in sea ice levels — but it is actually a short-term weather event.

At this time of year, sea ice should be growing rapidly as winter sets in. But the cold air that usually sits over the pole has flowed south over Siberia, while warmer air has flowed north. This has resulted in temperatures an astonishing 20 °C warmer than usual, so sea ice is melting when it should be forming.

Interesting times

 

[crescent]

Interesting times

It seems more like a weather event within a climate event. The two need not be mutually exclusive, one is short term, the other long term.

 

[macdoc]

Yes ....that situation in the Artic is Bipolar not dipolar....20C above normal at the top while Siberia is frigid...

The ice cover at the low point over the pole was just about slush instead of ice ...

 

[Trebuchet]

You can voyage the Northwest Passage on a cruise ship now.