In August 2007, the East Siberian Sea ice edge was shrinking very rapidly. This year it is expanding.
On April 19, I warned that the Arctic was likely to be a disaster for alarmists this year.
In August 2007, the East Siberian Sea ice edge was shrinking very rapidly. This year it is expanding.
On April 19, I warned that the Arctic was likely to be a disaster for alarmists this year.
Looks like we’re seeing a thinning of thicker ice on the left side…not surprising. But it’s doing its job and acting as a buffer to loss over there. I don’t know if anyone expected it to actually last the entire melt season being that far out.
Also “expanding” isn’t always so good…could lead to extra losses later. I liked the behavior we’ve seen the last 15 days of a slow and gentle loss.
-Scott
I doubt it. Temperatures are forecast to go below freezing after August 10. http://wxmaps.org/pix/temp2.html
Will take a while for the water temps, the primary melt driver, to cool off though.
-Scott
No, sorry, missing heat will be found causing all the polar bears to find no ice…etc etc..yadayada..ok, back to work now…
“Nightvid Cole” over on the WUWT thread says that we’ll see extent losses picking back up again due to the AO going negative. It’ll be interesting to see how that differs or agrees with the navy forecast.
-Scott