Signal: Multi-year ice loss
ArcticSeaIceDec2010

Record low December sea ice driving extreme weather conditions

by on 05. Jan, 2011 in Uncategorized

The extreme negative Arctic Oscillation, driven by record low sea ice, has been identified as one of the primary drivers of cold, snowy winters for the eastern U.S. and western Europe.

NovemberIce

Arctic ice keeps to downward trend in November

by on 07. Dec, 2010 in Uncategorized

Arctic sea ice grew more slowly than average in November, leading to the second-lowest ice extent for the month. At the end of November, Hudson Bay was still nearly ice-free. Arctic sea ice extent averaged over November 2010 was 9.89 million square kilometers (3.82 million square miles). This is the second-lowest November ice extent recorded [...]

multiyearice

Thick Arctic sea ice now disappearing due to melt

by on 09. Nov, 2010 in Uncategorized

A new analysis has quantified for the first time the amount of multi-year ice that is being lost due to melting, and the percentage is significant. In the study, Ron Kwok and Glenn Cunningham of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory used a range of satellite data to show that between 1993 and 2009, nearly 1,400 cubic [...]