Posted on 12/12/2007 9:39:24 AM PST by america4vr
The record melting of Arctic sea ice observed this summer and fall led to record-low levels of ice in both September and October, but a record-setting pace of re-freezing in November, according to the NASA Earth Observatory. Some 58,000 square miles of ice formed per day for 10 days in late October and early November, a new record.
Still, the extent of sea ice recorded in November was well shy of the median extent observed over the past quarter century, as the image from Nov. 14 (above, right) shows. The dramatic increase in ice is evident, when compared to the record-low amount observed Sept. 16 (below, right). In both images, 100% sea ice is shown in white, and the yellow line encompasses the area ion which there was at least 15% ice cover in at least half of the 25-year record for the given month.
The record melting of Arctic sea ice this summer was widely viewed as a harbinger of global warming, though unusual wind patterns played a role and many factors affecting fluctuations in Arctic ice are poorly understood by scientists. The area of persistent open water north of Alaska and eastern Siberia, according to NASA, is unusual for this time of year, though not unprecedented. This area was also largely free of ice in November 2002 and especially November 2006.
Here's how NASA explains the record re-growth of ice over that 10-day period in October and November:
Record sea ice growth rates after a record low may sound surprising at first, but it is not completely unexpected. The more ice that survives the summer melt, the less open water there is for new ice to grow.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailygreen.com ...
Exactly, it has already happened in my lifetime; I remember clearly sitting outside my tent and measuring each gallon of ice as it melted during those long, mosquito-infected summers and then huddling around just two charcoal briquets for weeks on end counting the gallons comung back to breed new ice once again as the long night settled in.
Not one gallon was lost on my watch. /sarc
reserved frequency, sorry.
True story.
I’m coming to regret having such clumsy fingers.
YOMAKBD (You owe me a keyboard.)
Must have been exciting times.
The carbon credits are working! Another nobel prize to algore!
Damn....my bad, I didn’t even think of that!!! ;-)
That’s inconvenient.
KEEPER!
Not by Fire but by Ice: Discover What Killed the Dinosaurs...and Why It Could Soon Kill Us by Robert W. Felix
Remember, this is all about 15% ~ not ICE.
Wait, wait, you lost me. Start at the beginning again . . . .
Does this look familiar?
You just 'CAN'T make this stuff up', . . ..
. . ..but you do an oustanding job illustrating the absurdity of it all.
Oh, that ‘TIME’ cover is not my work!
I found it at a site called sixmeatbuffet.com
But I agree, it is absolutely perfect.
Except for yours being off the coast of Spain (received aboard ship?) and having had the lines drawn on it, it is quite similar to the projection but not as sharp as some of ours were.
All together now. Exhale, exhale, exhale. We need more CO2 in the atmosphere. The North Pole is freezing!
cold, hot, warm....the cause is global warming and the only solution is international socialism and sterilization of rich white folk.
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