Author Archives: Tony Heller

The Greenland ice sheet averages about one metre of snowfall per year. Last year, NASA got hysterical over a 150 year event – where a few snowflakes on the surface got rounded edges from 2C temperatures for a couple of … Continue reading →

Almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year… Studies that directly … Continue reading →

summit:status:webcam Greenland temperatures normally peak during the first two weeks in July.

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the 1930s had (by far) the worst heatwaves in US history. Heat waves occurred with high frequency in the 1930s, and these remain the most severe heat waves in the U.S. historical record … Continue reading →

Infrared imagery – red is ice, white is clouds arctic.io – Arctic Terra 367 – (2013/180)

Over the last two days, ice drift has completely blocked the eastern end of the Beaufort Sea with 100% concentration ice – right up to the shoreline. arctic.io – Arctic Terra – (2013/180)

The “most important” months for Arctic ice are May, June, July – the months when the sun is highest in the sky. Last year, southerly winds blew the Beaufort Sea open in June, causing the dark water to absorb a … Continue reading →

Twitter / ClimateOfGavin: With Arctic sea ice melt season … We are actually almost two thirds of the way through the melt season. ssmi1_ice_ext.png (1667×1250)

Advances are made by people who think outside the box. That idea is stupid. We have always lived in caves.

Buckeye, Arizona is just west of Phoenix.  From June 11 to July 6 1974, it was over 110F every day except for one. Temperatures reached 116F on 13 days. Peak temperature was 119F on June 23. 1974 was also the … Continue reading →