Daily Archives: August 16, 2013

Global sea ice area has been above normal most of the year, and is averaging 1,600 Manhattans above normal in 2013. arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.global.anom.1979-2008 Experts tell us that the poles are melting down. Science is the belief in the ignorance of the … Continue reading →

Over the last three weeks, Arctic ice area has declined by 662,000 km², which is 60% of normal and the slowest on record. arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.anom.1979-2008 This has been caused by the coldest Arctic summer on record. COI | Centre for Ocean … Continue reading →

Pine forests depend on fire for their survival. Most of Colorado’s lodgepole pine forests developed following hot, stand-replacing crown fires (CSFS 2008)1. Lodgepole pine is intolerant to shade and thrives in the aftermath of fire; many lodgepole produce serotinous cones, … Continue reading →

There have been no Atlantic hurricanes so far this year, but by this date in 1886 the US was about to be hit by its fifth hurricane of the year. It was a category four storm with a fifteen foot … Continue reading →

One thing that all scientists who study sea ice agree upon is that under increasing temperatures, the overall long-term declining trend will continue and some summer in the future, we will look down on the North Pole and see a … Continue reading →