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The 2011 minimum extent was about 4% lower than the 2008 minimum, yet NSIDC shows that the percentage of MYI increased by more than 15% from 2008 to 2011. Which year had more MYI? If you passed third grade and … Continue reading →

According to JAXA, the Arctic melt season (date max minus date min) has gotten about 30 days shorter since 2005. If the melt season ends in the next eight days, 2012 will be the shortest on record. www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/seaice/extent/plot.csv It is … Continue reading →

The dirty little secret about 2007 was that most of the loss of older ice occurred during the winter, not the summer. Persistent winds blew a lot of old ice out into the North Atlantic. Since 2008, the old ice … Continue reading →

Plausible estimates for the effect of soot on snow and ice albedos (1.5% in the Arctic and 3% in Northern Hemisphere land areas) yield a climate forcing of
0.3 W
m2 in the Northern Hemisphere. The ‘‘ef?cacy’’ of this forcing is
2, i.e., … Continue reading →

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Live webcams around the Tampa Bay area Joe Romm says that Republicans are being punished by Gaia for wrecking the climate. He would have done well in Salem in 1692, brimming with hatred and stupidity.

There is a region of low albedo, dirty ice along the western coast of Greenland. The rest of the ice sheet is very bright white. //ARCTIC.IO/OBSERVATIONS/8/2012-08-26/Greenland Summer temperatures in Greenland are as low as minus 35C this week. Weather Forecast Navy Operated, Greenland … Continue reading →

  Eerie similarities: Isaac follows track of Katrina, evacuations ordered for coast – CNN.com