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NASA: A Sea of Icy Variability

This article was originally published on NASA.gov In 2022, the floating ice cover in the Bering Sea reached its greatest extent for early to mid-February since 2013. By February 13, the sea ice had reached St. Paul in the Pribilof Islands for the first time since March 2020. The ice growth is an outlier amid a long-term decline. In the Arctic, where […]

SnowBrains | February 26, 2022
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NOAA: 2020 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Second Lowest on Record

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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, […]

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SnowBrains | September 24, 2020
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Southern Ocean Sea Ice can Help Predict Carbon Levels

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The Southern Ocean occupies 14% of the Earth’s surface, and it is one of the biggest carbon sinks capturing about half of all human-related carbon in oceans to date.  It plays a critical role in the global carbon cycle and in the Earth’s climate.  Now, a new study of blue ice from scientists at UNSW and Keele University has found […]

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Gabrielle Gasser | July 6, 2020
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NOAA: Second Warmest October On Record For The Entire World

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The NOAA has issued a report claiming that October 2019 was the second warmest October on record – for the entire planet. “The global land and ocean surface temperature departure from average for October 2019 was the second-highest for the month of October in the 140-year NOAA global temperature dataset record, which dates back to 1880. The year-to-date temperature for […]

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WeatherBrains | November 19, 2019
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Arctic Sea Ice at Second Lowest Levels in 39-Years | Long-Term Retreat Concerning Scientists

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On March 23, NSIDC released a summary of the sea ice maximum, the second-lowest seasonal maximum in the 39-year satellite record, only slightly below the maximum extent for 2017, according to the NOAA. Arctic sea ice reached its likely 2018 maximum on March 17, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) reported. The map above shows sea ice concentration on […]

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WeatherBrains | April 3, 2018
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VIDEO: Arctic Sea Ice Shrinking as Global Temperatures Continue to Rise

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NASA posted this video to YouTube with the following synopsis: “Arctic sea ice has not only been shrinking in surface area in recent years, it’s becoming younger and thinner as well. In this animation, where the ice cover almost looks gelatinous as it pulses through the seasons, cryospheric scientist Dr. Walt Meier of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center describes how […]

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WeatherBrains | March 8, 2018
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The Arctic is Experiencing Record-Breaking High Temperatures | FIFTY Degrees Warmer than Average

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The Arctic is supposed to be cold, but right now it’s anything but temperatures at the North Pole are reaching a record high, perhaps as much as 35 degrees Fahrenheit for the month of February, which is warmer than the region usually gets during the summer months, reports popularmechanics.com. That data comes from the U.S. Global Forecast System, a computer […]

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WeatherBrains | March 1, 2018
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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 […]

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Sergei Poljak | December 23, 2016
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