Summer cyclone chewing up Canada’s Arctic sea ice
Ice coverage is slightly about last year’s record low but still well below the 30-year average.
Ice coverage is well above last year
Back when the sea was thick and lasted for years, cyclones tended to spread the ice out and actually increase its extent, said Julienne Stroeve of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. Now, when ice gets spread out, it simply breaks up and disappears.
The ice is spreading out and the extent is increasing, exactly as it did in years past.
“As our ice cover has thinned, some of our old rules are changing,” said Stroeve.
Summer cyclone chewing up Canada’s Arctic sea ice | CTV News
No they aren’t. Ice extent just took a large jump up and ice now fills most of the Beaufort Sea.
COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
Beware of the Black Ice.
What else could we expect from Stroeve?
“Back when the sea was thick and lasted for years…”
Yeah, I remember those thick seas from my youth. The seas today are all thin and watery. I want my thick seas back.
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And here’s what “norman” had to say about this (from a comment under the posting linked to above):
“making a switch to a new energy state” Hmmm. This stuff reminds me of the character in Waiting for Godot, the Exploited One, when he gets to make his big speech.
Steve, you moderated my comment out about the Viking Vision. What was wrong with it? Just so I don’t do it again.