tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post2245367984045778278..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: On thin icebyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-30522653185961748642012-08-23T01:57:47.789+01:002012-08-23T01:57:47.789+01:00CP: Summary of current research on links between d...CP: <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/22/727501/arctic-death-spiral-how-it-favors-extreme-prolonged-weather-events-such-as-drought-flooding-cold-spells-and-heat-waves/" rel="nofollow">Summary</a> of current research on links between declining Arctic sea ice and extreme NH weather.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-57732073187828265272012-07-28T18:57:01.119+01:002012-07-28T18:57:01.119+01:00Neven warns against the misuse of the graph that s...<a href="http://neven1.typepad.com/blog/2012/03/use-of-graphs.html" rel="nofollow">Neven warns against the misuse</a> of the graph that started this discussion.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-41748143661122160312012-07-27T22:24:59.948+01:002012-07-27T22:24:59.948+01:00Some truly excellent graphs of extent and volume c...Some truly excellent graphs of extent and volume can be found at <a href="http://www.thearcticinstitute.org/p/arctic-sea-ice-extent-and-volume.html" rel="nofollow">The Arctic Institute</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-72155503100738931122012-07-26T21:02:45.362+01:002012-07-26T21:02:45.362+01:00CP: Decline in Arctic sea ice 70-95% anthropogenic...CP: <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/07/26/588611/study-decline-in-arctic-sea-ice-up-to-95-man-made/" rel="nofollow">Decline in Arctic sea ice 70-95% anthropogenic</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-2628564422321163852012-06-20T01:23:03.055+01:002012-06-20T01:23:03.055+01:00Tamino gives a useful introduction to the various ...<a href="https://tamino.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/sea-ice-update/" rel="nofollow">Tamino</a> gives a useful introduction to the various metrics used to measure Arctic sea ice.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-16091388321411162902012-02-13T16:37:31.592+00:002012-02-13T16:37:31.592+00:00Mongabay: Arctic warms to highest level yet as res...Mongabay: <a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0213-hance_arctic_tippingpoints.html" rel="nofollow">Arctic warms to highest level yet as researchers fear tipping points</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-6459473525667917682011-09-16T00:56:52.232+01:002011-09-16T00:56:52.232+01:00CD: Record Arctic Ice Melt Threatens Global Securi...CD: <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/09/15-7" rel="nofollow">Record Arctic Ice Melt Threatens Global Security</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-45582894138834945202011-09-10T01:03:25.488+01:002011-09-10T01:03:25.488+01:00CP: Death spiral continues: new record low volume ...CP: <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/09/07/313873/arctic-death-spiral-continues-sea-ice-volume-hits-record-low-for-second-straight-year/" rel="nofollow">Death spiral continues: new record low volume reached</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-33514643470008984542011-07-25T00:34:52.236+01:002011-07-25T00:34:52.236+01:00Guardian: Melting Arctic releasing trapped persist...Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/24/melting-arctic-ice-banned-toxins-pops" rel="nofollow">Melting Arctic releasing trapped persistent organic pollutants</a>. Another not-quite-so-frozen gift for us.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-29744327990775150242011-07-08T18:22:36.269+01:002011-07-08T18:22:36.269+01:00Arctic volume loss continues. Currently at lowest ...<a href="http://neven1.typepad.com/blog/2011/07/piomas-june-2011.html" rel="nofollow">Arctic volume loss continues</a>. Currently at lowest ever recorded (which has been continuously true since late 2009).byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-74496652625003170802011-07-08T00:38:20.923+01:002011-07-08T00:38:20.923+01:00Yale360: Aworld centred on sea ice is changing swi...Yale360: <a href="http://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_world_centered_on_sea_ice_is_changing_swiftly_at_the_poles/2420/" rel="nofollow">Aworld centred on sea ice is changing swiftly at the poles</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-85331453315476855392011-07-07T18:05:24.744+01:002011-07-07T18:05:24.744+01:00Guardian: UK oil rigs creating spills at least onc...Guardian: <a href="" rel="nofollow">UK oil rigs creating spills at least once a week in 2009 and 2010</a>. Remember, the UK claims to represent amongst the world's highest standards in regulation of off-shore drilling. Now take these operations into freezing Arctic waters, where microbes won't be so quick to deal with spills as there were in the tropical waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-8084927041864324392011-06-28T21:50:38.363+01:002011-06-28T21:50:38.363+01:00SMH: And at the other end of the world, the Antarc...SMH: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/in-the-dark-over-the-white-continent-20110627-1gn45.html" rel="nofollow">And at the other end of the world</a>, the Antarctic treaty turns fifty.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-19628183880945531132011-06-08T03:14:23.977+01:002011-06-08T03:14:23.977+01:00SkSci: Websites for watching the sea ice melt.SkSci: <a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/news.php?n=790" rel="nofollow">Websites for watching the sea ice melt</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-57063022423258803682011-06-07T00:44:45.126+01:002011-06-07T00:44:45.126+01:00Mongabay: Greenpeace vs Cairn energy, a three way ...Mongabay: <a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0606-hance_arctic_race.html" rel="nofollow">Greenpeace vs Cairn energy</a>, a three way interview.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-11134801113145816052011-06-02T22:44:50.299+01:002011-06-02T22:44:50.299+01:00And from the blogging guru of Arctic sea ice stats...And from the blogging guru of Arctic sea ice stats come <a href="http://neven1.typepad.com/blog/2011/04/trends-in-arctic-sea-ice-volume.html" rel="nofollow">this analysis</a>, predicting that volume will fall below 10% of long term average up to decade prior to extent doing so. Both will occur before the end of the 2020s.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-82092196069123199612011-06-02T22:40:27.769+01:002011-06-02T22:40:27.769+01:00Carbon Brief: another interesting graph.Carbon Brief: <a href="http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2011/06/summer-comes-arctic-melts" rel="nofollow">another interesting graph</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-75223850314468796592011-05-30T19:42:24.047+01:002011-05-30T19:42:24.047+01:00Zhang et. al. don't predict permanently ice-fr...<a href="http://psc.apl.washington.edu/zhang/Pubs/Zhang_etal_2010GL044988.pdf" rel="nofollow">Zhang et. al.</a> don't predict permanently ice-free summers until the 2040s.<br /><br />"Summer ice volume may be more sensitive to warming while summer ice extent more sensitive to climate variability. The rate of annual mean ice volume decrease relaxes approaching 2050. This is because, byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-4887843305982754142011-05-17T16:07:36.947+01:002011-05-17T16:07:36.947+01:00Desdemona: Climate change affecting Canada's n...Desdemona: <a href="http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2011/05/striking-ecological-impact-on-canadas.html" rel="nofollow">Climate change affecting Canada's northern coastline</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com