Ice has flatlined in the North Pole, while it goes through the roof in the South Pole
source: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/07/11/sea-ice-news-13/
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This summer we have had confirmation that Arctic ice behaviour has everything to do with wind. During June, winds were circulating clockwise in an inwards spiral, which caused ice extent to diminish and ice concentration to remain high. Around July 1, the patterns reversed and we have seen counterclockwise winds pushing ice away from the pole. As a result, ice area/extent has scarcely changed and instead we see a gradual decline in average ice thickness. The video below shows June/July ice movement and thickness.
The graph below shows changes in ice thickness during summer over the last five years. Based on past behaviour, we can expect the average ice thickness to flatten sometime in the next two weeks. It should bottom out somewhere between 2006 and 2009. NSIDC has warned me that PIPS is not an accurate measure of ice thickness, though I would have to say it has done remarkably well as a predictor of this summer’s behavior. As you can see below, 2010 is following a track similar to 2006.
We are at peak melt season, and there just isn’t much happening in the Arctic. The Arctic Oscillation has turned slightly positive in July, which tends to keep cold air contained in the Arctic and out of lower latitudes.
Ice has flatlined in the North, while it goes through the roof in the south.
Continued at:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/07/11/sea-ice-news-13/
The graph below shows changes in ice thickness during summer over the last five years. Based on past behaviour, we can expect the average ice thickness to flatten sometime in the next two weeks. It should bottom out somewhere between 2006 and 2009. NSIDC has warned me that PIPS is not an accurate measure of ice thickness, though I would have to say it has done remarkably well as a predictor of this summer’s behavior. As you can see below, 2010 is following a track similar to 2006.
We are at peak melt season, and there just isn’t much happening in the Arctic. The Arctic Oscillation has turned slightly positive in July, which tends to keep cold air contained in the Arctic and out of lower latitudes.
Ice has flatlined in the North, while it goes through the roof in the south.
Continued at:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/07/11/sea-ice-news-13/
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tommic
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What happens in one season is not indicitive of the future, this link is one of a lot of anti climate change folks. They are entitled to their opinion but the reality of ocean temps and Greenland ice shelf and glaciers is indisputable. Climate change is here its real and no amount of spin by those who would deny it can change that reality.
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tommic
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Dagum
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http://current.com/news/92364048_arctic-ice-recovers-from-the-great-melt.htm
Posted a story on this three months ago, and a few members on current brushed it off as a one time occurrence or a one time weather anomaly, that global warming would overcome. Its seems the warmists predictions have been chilled a bit.
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Dagum
