Arctic sea ice report – 20 July, 2021
Here is Margo’s full report from two days ago.
Here is my summary, following on one from a month ago
SEA ICE EXTENT
The experts refer exclusively to sea ice extent an so doing provide a false picture of the real situation
METHANE
There is a lot more methane being released than a few weeks ago but there is a suspicion that the algos are hiding the real situation (as discussed by Margo)
Margo has been monitoring global methane levels from what are now called Metop A and Metop B satellite. There has been a steady increase in levels so that already in mid-July levels are equivalent to about September last year.
SEA ICE THICKNESS
This is how it looks today
The same time in 2020
The same time in 2020
Here are the last 30 days
This is from a different data set
THE JETSTREAM
In short, a mess
TEMPERATURES AT THE NORTH POLE
THE VIEW FROM SPACE
The ice has gone from the Northeast of Greenland that has been present in previous years.
This is how it looked last year
There is a lot of cloud right now but I can identify that ice is breaking up quite close to the North Pole
Zooming in
