Methane, Sea Ice & Climate Roundup with Margo (August 8, 2021) MY OWN OBSERVATIONS As usual the sea ice extent figures tell us very little. When we can see very little from the satellites it is the US Navy representation of sea ice thickness that tells me most of what is actually happening The Nares Strait has opened up which provides a way of ice escaping. It is very cloudy but you can see the state of the ice…
For me it stands out what Peter Wadhams brings to the table compared with Guy McPherson. I am fairly sure that Peter Wadhams was part of the legion that “betrayed” McPherson. Can you imagine it from this gracious, unassuming man?! An interview with Peter Wadhams The Arctic is nearing the tipping point. The world’s leading polar scientist, Dr. Peter Wadhams, is headed to Greenland to study actual conditions there. He expects the blue ocean event, when the summer ice…
Thanks once again to a friend who alerted me to this I can present the latest wisdom from Pauline Schneider which you can watch if you like;so far I have resisted the temptation. Apparently I join the legions of people who have “betrayed” the great man. “A long-time friend and supporter of Guy turned against Guy (and now me) when we couldn’t visit him as long as he’d hoped in New Zealand back in 2019. And now he’s turned into…
Here is Margo’s full report from two days ago. Here is my summary, following on one from a month ago ARCTIC SEA ICE IS DETERIORATING QUICKLY 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)…
Arctic News, 6 July, 2021 Above image, from the National Institute of Polar Research in Japan, shows Arctic sea ice extent at a record low for the time of year, on July 4, 2021, at 8.4 million km². Subsequently, the NSIDC also indicated that Arctic sea ice was at record low extent for the time of year, on July 5, 2021, at 8.867 million km² (image above). Arctic sea ice is getting very thin rapidly, threatening the latent heat tipping point to get crossed…
Latent heat Rapid thinning of the sea ice in the Beaufort Sea indicates that there is virtually no latent heat buffer left to consume further heat flowing from the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean into the Arctic Ocean. [ feedback #14: Latent Heat ] Above image shows a number of feedbacks that are accelerating warming in the Arctic. Feedback #14 refers to the heat that is (less and less) going into melting the sea ice. The reason this heat is called…
I shall repeat this same format throughout the melt season. Here is Margo’s report. SEA ICE EXTENT This is what the NSIDC is showing and places like Neven’s sea ice blog emphasise. By concentrating on sea ice extent and ignoring the state of the ice as is now being revealed by Polarstern (and what I have been talking about with Margo for 3 years) they are in denial and guilty of seriously misrepresenting the situation. Even a mainstream outlet of…
