State of the Poles - 9/7/10

by: WeatherDem

Thu Sep 09, 2010 at 17:11:10 PM MST

Each month and each year that goes by provides additional proof that the Arctic has entered into a new state; a different state than has existed for 1,000 years or more.  Monthly and yearly weather conditions have varied considerably over the past few years, as one would expect, but the end result has been nearly the same regardless of any specific condition: Arctic sea ice is declining year-over-year.  It is declining at a rate that exceeds scientific estimates from just a few years ago.  Climate change deniers keep prattling on about increasing sea ice, in direct contradiction to the physical realities before them.  I think most of the areas that have sea ice this September will not have sea ice by 2020.  Specific weather or geologic events might delay the year that occurs slightly, but I don't think it will take too much longer to witness an Arctic Ocean that is essentially ice-free.

State of the Poles - 8/7/10

by: WeatherDem

Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 10:48:03 AM MST

A quick aside: it's not just the regions north of 60 that are experiencing ridiculous warmth this year.  As I'll detail further in my upcoming post on the NASA & NOAA global temperature datasets, numerous areas across the Northern Hemisphere have experienced record breaking heat this summer.  Washington D.C. has witnessed its warmest June-July on record.  Moscow has experienced its warmest temperatures on record, while massive wildfires rage across the Russian countryside - burning both forests and peat bogs (all of which releases even more CO2 into the atmosphere).  All-time record temperatures for country after country has fallen this year - further speaking to the dead seriousness of climate change's effects now beginning to take hold.

State of the Poles - 5/5/10

by: WeatherDem

Wed May 05, 2010 at 15:41:46 PM MST