NOAA: Conditions in Northern Latitudes are Becoming More Favorable for Intense Burning and Fire Growth This article was originally published by Tom Di Liberto on Climate.gov on December 8, 2020 In the 2020 issue of NOAA’s Arctic Report Card, experts reported on the evolving wildfire landscape across the taiga—the boggy, coniferous forests that occupy much of the high northern latitudes. Rising air temperature and fuel availability over the past 41 years indicate that conditions in Earth’s largest […] Fire Firebrains | June 17, 2021 0 Comments
Arctic Sea Ice Decline Impacts California Based on satellite imagery, the Arctic sea ice reached its maximum extent for the year in March. According to the National Snow & Ice Data Center, this year’s maximum of 5.65 million square miles was the 9th lowest since reporting began 43 years ago. This number is 305,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 average. While the Arctic sea ice has […] Weather Miles Wong | April 22, 2021 1 Comment
VIDEO: Remote Arctic Town’s 2032 Summer Olympic Bid Has a Subtle Message SnowBrains | February 4, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: Arctic Lines – Ep. 1 | Antti Autti’s Human-Powered Freeriding Adventure in the Arctic Circle SnowBrains | January 27, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
NOAA 2020 Arctic Report: Sea Ice Loss and Extreme Wildfires Mark Another Year of Arctic Change Arctic Report Card: 15 years of observations document impact of changing polar climate NOAA’s 15th Arctic Report Card catalogs for 2020 the numerous ways that climate change continues to disrupt the polar region, with second-highest air temperatures and second-lowest summer sea ice driving a cascade of impacts, including the loss of snow and extraordinary wildfires in northern Russia. Related: Svalbard […] WeatherBrains | December 9, 2020 0 Comments
NOAA: 2020 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Second Lowest on Record This article first appeared on the climate.gov website and was written by Michon Scott On September 15, 2020, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced, Arctic sea ice appeared to have reached its annual minimum extent. At 1.44 million square miles (3.74 million square kilometers), this minimum was second only to the record-low extent observed on September 17, […] Weather SnowBrains | September 24, 2020 0 Comments
Microfibers From Denim Blue Jeans Have Been Discovered in the Arctic Denim blue jean fibers have been found in the Arctic, according to a new study. Denim is the most popular clothing in the world. At any one time, half the world is wearing blue jeans or some other form of denim. Given the number of blue jeans around the world, a group from the University of Toronto wanted to see […] Brains Alex Camerino | September 12, 2020 0 Comments
Man Killed by Polar Bear in Norway’s Svalbard Islands, Bear Shot and Killed A man was killed by a polar bear after the animal attacked a camping site in Norway’s Svalbard Islands in the Arctic Circle earlier this morning. The attack happened at 4 am and nobody else was injured, although six people were hospitalized for shock. The man was taken to a hospital in Longyearbyen, the main settlement of the archipelago, where he […] SnowBrains | August 28, 2020 0 Comments
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