September Data Shows Record High Temperatures in Southern Greenland & Decreasing Arctic Ice The town of Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland reached a record high night time temperature of 15.3°C (59.5°F) on September 22, the European Space Agency Copernicus reported. It marked the hottest September night in Narsarsuaq’s recorded history and one of the highest minimum temperatures ever recorded in all of Greenland. On average, nighttime temperatures for Narsarsuaq in September vary from 0.6°C […] Julia Schneemann | October 1, 2024 0 Comments
NASA: Arctic Sea Ice Tied for 10th-Lowest on Record According to satellite observations, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on September 18, 2022. The ice cover shrank to an area of 4.67 million square kilometers (1.80 million square miles) this year, roughly 1.55 million square kilometers (598,000 square miles) below the 1981-2010 average minimum of 6.22 million square kilometers (2.40 million square miles). Related: NASA: Antarctic Sea […] SnowBrains | September 26, 2022 0 Comments
An Ice Free Arctic In Our Life Time? Looking Highly Possible An ice-free Arctic is lurking on the horizon, as the global push for climate change awareness and action heats up so are things in the northern regions. Recent studies have predicted a continued reduction of Arctic sea ice until there will be periods throughout the year that it is no longer present. According to research published in the journal, Nature […] Brains Ryan Nadiak | December 4, 2019 0 Comments
Are You Down with Global Cooling? | Arctic Summer Ice INCREASES by 60% in 2013 It was a colder than normal arctic summer this year. Cold enough to allow the August 2013 arctic sea ice to grow by 60% as opposed to a year ago in August 2012. The arctic pack ice grew by nearly 1 million square miles as compared to a year ago. August 2012 was the lowest amount of pack ice ever […] SnowBrains | September 9, 2013 3 Comments
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