Category Archives: Arctic

Sea Level Trends Nearly Constant For The Past 100 Years

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Tony Heller

Over the past five years, sea level has risen at an average of 2 mm/year. http://sealevel.colorado.edu/current/sl_noib_global.txt But as you can see, this is mainly due to the El Niño spike. If we look at the four years prior to that, … Continue reading →

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DMI Arctic Ice Extent Close To A Record High

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Tony Heller

The press continues to talk incessantly about the Arctic meltdown, while the ice itself is about to set a record high for the date in the DMI database. Mother Nature seems to be sending the 10/10/10 religious worshipers yet another … Continue reading →

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JPL Acknowledges That The Basis Of Hansen’s Sea Level Numbers Is Wrong

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Tony Heller

Antarctic temperatures are far below freezing all year. During June, I explained on WUWT that the University of Texas GRACE interpretations were wrong due to glacial rebound (isostasy.) Later in the summer they acknowledged that my explanation was correct.

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Chasing The Wrong Story In The Arctic

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Tony Heller

We have had a lot of discussion recently about the loss of 5+ year old ice in the Arctic. Most of the older ice loss occurred between 1988 and 1996 – during a period of normal global temperatures.

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The Effect Of Soot On Arctic Summer Ice Extent

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Tony Heller

Scientists tell us that Arctic summer ice loss is primarily due to soot – not CO2.

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Arctic Ice In 1946 (Real Science Post #500!)

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Tony Heller

Reader Gary Boden forwarded me a nice collection of online Arctic ice maps made by the US Navy in the 1940s. The map below is from September, 1946. David Rumsey Collection : September 1946 As you can see, there was … Continue reading →

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Update From Julienne

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Tony Heller

Julienne Stroeve from NSIDC asked me to post the figure below in reference to the discussion about future ice-free Arctic summers.

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