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Pondering the Arctic Ocean. Part I: Climate Dynamics
by Judith Curry I spent the 1990’s conducting research on the climate dynamics of the Arctic Ocean, and then moved onto other things circa 2002. My interest in the Arctic has recently been...
View ArticleStorm surges on the Arctic Ocean coast
by Judith Curry The latest analysis of sea ice extent by the NSIDC shows that early June sea ice extent is lower than corresponding 2007 value. A recent article at Yale360 discusses how as Arctic sea...
View ArticleArctic update
by Judith Curry Some interesting news on the Arctic front. Background Arctic climate and sea ice was discussed previously on these two threads: Pondering the Arctic Ocean. Part I: Climate Dynamics...
View ArticleArctic Imperative
by Judith Curry In my congressional testimony, I discussed the idea of climate change winners and losers. In the Arctic, where climate is changing most rapidly, will there be winners or losers?...
View ArticleLikely causes of the recent changes in Arctic sea ice
by Judith Curry A new paper by Polyakov, Kwok and Walsh is in press in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, entitled: “Recent changes in arctic multi-year sea ice coverage and likely...
View ArticleArctic Update II
by Judith Curry Here is a synopsis of some recent papers and other issues in the Arctic For background, previous threads on the Arctic: Pondering the Arctic Ocean. Part I: Climate Dynamics Arctic...
View ArticleImpact of declining Arctic sea ice on winter snowfall
by Judith Curry Liu, Curry et al. have a new paper published in PNAS entitled “Impact of Declining Arctic Sea Ice on Winter Snowfall.” Impact of Declining Arctic Sea Ice on Winter Snowfall Jiping Liu...
View ArticleArctic warming opens region to new military activity
by Judith Curry [T]he world’s military leaders . . are preparing for a new kind of Cold War in the Arctic, anticipating that rising temperatures there will open up a treasure trove of resources,...
View ArticleEconomic and security impacts of climate change in the Arctic
by Judith Curry In the long run the unfrozen north could cause devastation. But, paradoxically, in the meantime no Arctic species will profit from it as much as the one causing it: humans. Disappearing...
View ArticleReflections on the Arctic sea ice minimum: Part I
by Judith Curry How should we interpret the record low minimum sea ice extent? Summary of Observations Here is the basic story from the observations: On Aug 26, the Arctic Ocean seasonal minimum sea...
View ArticleReflections on the Arctic sea ice minimum: Part II
Judith Curry Pursuant to Part I, i ask the following questions: Whence an ‘ice free’ Arctic? Does an ‘ice free’ Arctic matter? Whence an ‘ice free’ Arctic? ‘Ice free’ is put in quotes, because ‘ice...
View ArticleFuture of Arctic enterprise
by Judith Curry As a complement to the discussion on Arctic sea ice decline at Climate Dialogue, lets take a look at the outlook for the development of existing and new economic activity in the Arctic...
View ArticleHistoric Variations in Arctic sea ice. Part II: 1920-1950
by Tony Brown Satellite observations that provide an hour by hour picture of every part of the Arctic make it easy to forget that large areas of it had not even been even explored 80 years ago – let...
View ArticleArctic time bomb (?)
by Judith Curry It will be difficult — perhaps impossible — to avoid large methane releases in the East Siberian Sea without major reductions in global emissions of CO2.- Gail Whiteman, Chris Hope,...
View ArticleArctic sea ice and extreme weather
by Judith Curry Is the dramatic decline of Arctic sea ice, spurred by manmade global warming, making the weather where we live more extreme? Several recent studies have made this claim. But a new...
View ArticleArctic sea ice minimum?
by Judith Curry It looks like the Arctic sea ice is close to reaching its seasonal minimum, reflecting a substantial increase in sea ice relative to the record breaking minimum in 2012. A year ago,...
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Inter-decadal Variation in Northern Hemisphere sea ice
by Greg Goodman On the deceleration in the decline of the Arctic sea ice. The variation in the magnitude of the annual cycle in arctic sea ice area has increased notably since the minimum of 2007. This...
View ArticleChasing Ice!
by Judith Curry Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Chasing Ice is a documentary that was screened at...
View ArticleUnprecedented (?) Arctic warming
by Judith Curry Arctic temperatures highest in at least 44,000 years. A new paper by Miller et al. is getting a great deal of press: Unprecedented recent warmth in Arctic Canada Abstract. Arctic air...
View ArticleUnprecedented(?) Arctic warming. Part II
by Marcia Wyatt UPDATE: Addendum from Marcia Wyatt UPDATE: Giff Miller responds Miller et al.’s 2013 paper – Unprecedented recent summer warmth in Arctic Canada – splashed into the public eye last...
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