Unprecedented 2012 Summer arctic ice melt

[AndyH]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GetB-xs9D_A[/youtube]

 

[edatoakrun]

Annual maximum extent reached

March 25, 2013


On March 15, 2013, Arctic sea ice extent appears to have reached its annual maximum extent, marking the beginning of the sea ice melt season. This year’s maximum extent was the sixth lowest in the satellite record. NSIDC will release a detailed analysis of the 2012 to 2013 winter sea ice conditions in early April...

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Nubo]

What do you want to bet that the same denialists that have bought us to the brink of "global disaster" by preventing all reasonable efforts to curb GHG emissions, will be the first to panic and demand large scale (and very profitable, to some, no doubt) geoengineering programs, to attempt to ameliorate the global disaster they have done so much to bring about?

While you cry into your plastic keyboard someone is doing something, with criticism from scientists afraid of losing their meal ticket:

http://www.allgov.com/news/us-and-the-world/entrepreneur-seeds-ocean-with-100-tons-of-iron-dust-outrages-scientists-121023?news=846024" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Russ George was anointed the world’s first geo-vigilante in The New Yorker this week for dumping 100 tons of iron sulfate off the coast of British Columbia in July, triggering a 10,000-square-kilometer plankton bloom that the California businessman hoped would pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and take it to the Pacific Ocean’s depths.

George’s plan is to use geoengineering to heal the planet and fight global warming, while creating lucrative carbon credits to trade in burgeoning international markets.

A Montreal watchdog, etc Group, revealed George’s ocean seeding earlier in the month and The Guardian gave it its first publicity, while noting an uproar from “lawyers, environmentalists and civil society groups.” They called it a violation of at least two international laws.

George told The Guardian that his team of scientists had collected a mother lode of data and, without revealing any of it, assured them that the experiment had been a success. “We've gathered data targeting all the possible fears that have been raised [about ocean fertilization],” George said. “And the news is good news, all around, for the planet.”

Hmm... When I was a kid near Cleveland Ohio, one of the reasons the Great Lakes (And Lake Erie, in particular) were dying was because of phosphorus from laundry detergents and agricultural runoff, would cause huge algal blooms. The algae eventually died and the resulting decomposition exhausted the water's oxygen content (eutrophication).

Maybe it's different in the Ocean?

 

[AndyH]

Annual maximum extent reached

March 25, 2013


On March 15, 2013, Arctic sea ice extent appears to have reached its annual maximum extent, marking the beginning of the sea ice melt season. This year’s maximum extent was the sixth lowest in the satellite record. NSIDC will release a detailed analysis of the 2012 to 2013 winter sea ice conditions in early April...

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks for this!

Looks like there's no rest for the ice - let the break-up begin. Crud.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YWX7ChjtxY[/youtube]
http://climatecrocks.com/2013/03/23/arctic-ice-update-noaa-video-confirms-early-breakup/

 

[DaveEV]

Looks like there's no rest for the ice - let the break-up begin. Crud.

Not good - early breakup means that more Sun will get into the water which heats it up more...

 

[AndyH]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8IxxGWvM9s[/youtube]

 

[Luft]

Looks like there's no rest for the ice - let the break-up begin. Crud.

Not good - early breakup means that more Sun will get into the water which heats it up more...

And after that starts happening the fun really begins. The warming oceans will start to release methane which is a greenhouse gas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_methane_release

That will speed up global warming which will release more methane. Welcome to Earth... The new Venus...

At what point do we tell the global warming deniers that they are stupid enough to kill us all? :x

 

[edatoakrun]

Spring has sprung in the Arctic

April 2, 2013


Arctic sea ice has passed its annual maximum extent and is beginning its seasonal decline through the spring and summer. While total extent was not at record low, it remained well below average through March. Ice fracturing continued north of Alaska, and the Arctic Oscillation was in a strongly negative phase during the second half of the month, with unusually high sea level pressure over almost all of the Arctic Ocean. Levels of multiyear ice remain extremely low. The ice is thinner, and satellite data suggests that first-year ice may now cover the North Pole area for the first time since winter 2008...

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[AndyH]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgiMBxaL19M[/youtube]