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Video Friday: Misleading Claims of Arctic Sea Ice Rebound, The Daily Mail Lathers Up Deniers

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Thomas Schueneman | 3 Comments

The Daily Mail – Where space aliens and climate change are reported with equal knowledge and respect There have been many claims brought to my attention this week alleging the “final nail in the coffin” of anthropogenic global warming – the same nail that’s been fumbled around by deniers and the unfortunately misled for decades now. This time around it…

Arctic Ocean Rapidly Acidifying

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Thomas Schueneman | 1 Comments

After three years of ongoing research by an international team of scientists, a study commissioned by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme for a first-ever comprehensive assessment of Arctic Ocean acidification was presented last week at a meeting of Arctic Council Ministers in Bergen, Norway. Arctic Ocean Acidification Facts The research show that the cold waters of the Arctic sea are more…

Above Average Temperatures for November Keep U.S. on Track for Record Hot Year

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

On Monday, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said that for the 333rd consecutive month November 2012 brought higher than average global temperatures. In fact, the last time November temperatures dropped below the 20th century average was in 1976. Last month global average temperature over land and oceans was 56.41°F, or the 5th highest recorded average land/sea…

The world faces serious implications from the rapidly declining Arctic Sea Ice

EarthTalk: Implications of Declining Arctic Sea Ice

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Earth Talk | 0 Comments

EarthTalk® is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I heard that the Arctic summer sea ice is at its lowest level since we began recording it. What are the implications of all this melting? — Jo Shoemaker, Bowie, MD It is true that on September 16, 2012…

Video Friday: Arctic Sea Ice 2012

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

“I would almost argue that we might be entering into a new climate state…” -Dr. Julienne Stroeve – National Snow and Ice Data Center Following up on our Arctic sea ice update from last Wednesday, this video from Peter Sinclair and the Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media features commentary and analysis from expert scientists on the lowest extent…

Arctic Sea Ice Update

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), as of September 16 Arctic sea ice reached its seasonal minimum for the year at 1.32 million square miles (3.41 million square kilometers), the minimum seasonal extent in the satellite record that began in 1979. NSIDC cautioned that changing wind patterns over the next few weeks could push the minimum…

Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record Retreat for June

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

A rapid decline for Arctic sea ice extent briefly hit daily record lows in June, led by extensive ice loss in the Bering, Kara, and Beaufort Seas, as well as Hudson and Baffin Bay. Snow extent was unusually low for both May and June, reinforcing the continuing pattern of rapid spring snow melt of the past six years. Average Arctic sea ice…