Wildfire Smoke Reaches North Pole For First Time in Recorded History A vast, thick, and acrid blanket of smoke emitted from hundreds of forest fires covered most of Russia on August 6, 2021. Related: Why the Smoke Pollution From the West is the Worst It’s Been in 10-Years This true-color image, which was acquired by Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite on August 6, was created using […] Fire Firebrains | August 11, 2021 0 Comments
NASA: A Look At Jupiter’s North Pole View this post on Instagram The floor is lava! Oh wait, nevermind, that’s just an infrared look at Jupiter’s North Pole 😉 Our James Webb Space Telescope will examine the atmosphere of Jupiter’s polar region, where @NASAJuno discovered the clusters of cyclones seen in this image. @NASAWebb’s data will provide much more detail than has been possible in past observations, […] SnowBrains | August 10, 2020 1 Comment
NOAA: Extremely Rare Lightning Detected Near Earth’s North Pole Last Night “…Lightning Detected Within 300 Miles of the North Pole… A number of lightning strikes were recorded Saturday evening (Aug. 10th) within 300 miles of the North Pole. The lightning strikes occurred near 85°N and 126°E, which is about 700 miles north of the Lena River Delta in Siberia. This lightning was detected by Vaisala’s GLD lightning detection network.” – NOAA […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 11, 2019 0 Comments
North Pole Expedition Season CANCELED for First Time in 18-Years Due to Political Unrest For the first time in 18 years, North Pole expedition season at Barneo ice camp has been canceled. That means that hundreds of participants including 10 last Degree teams, will have to forfeit their opportunity of reaching the Top of the World. After almost two weeks of exasperating delays, the season has been canceled due to a lengthy political crisis, […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 15, 2019 0 Comments
The North Pole Hit Freezing Point, 32 F, Yesterday, Dec. 22nd “We’ve seen a year in 2016 in the Arctic like we’ve never seen before” – Dr. Jeremy Mathis, Arctic Research Program, NOAA For the second time in six weeks, temperatures in the North Pole have spiked to record highs. Yesterday, in an unprecedented turn of events, a buoy ~145 km from the North Pole registered a temperature of exactly freezing, which […] Weather Sergei Poljak | December 23, 2016 0 Comments
North Pole Experienced Above Freezing Temperatures Yesterday According to Gizmodo, the North Pole experienced above average temperatures on Wednesday, December 30th for the second time ever at this time of year. The Post’s Capital Weather Gang examined buoy data from near the North Pole and reported a record high temperature of 33 degrees Fahrenheit. These above freezing temperatures weren’t short lived either, they were experienced for greater […] Weather Chris Wallner | December 31, 2015 0 Comments
Canada Claims the North Pole Last Friday, the Canadian government submitted an application to the U.N. claiming that the outer limits of country’s continental shelf includes the North Pole. “We are determined to ensure that all Canadians benefit from the tremendous resources that are to be found in Canada’s far north,” John Baird, Canada’s foreign affairs minister/The Guardian Why would a country want to claim […] SnowBrains | December 12, 2013 0 Comments
Brain Post: North Pole Is a Melted Lake Right Now | Watch Time-Lapse Video The North Pole is in bad shape. Right this second, the North Pole is a lake. July is generally the warmest month of the year at the North Pole, but this year temperatures were 1 to 3 degrees Celsius above average. The lake you see in the video and photos is a shallow lake made up of water that has […] Brains SnowBrains | July 25, 2013 2 Comments
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