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Arctic Sees Massive Gain in Ice Coverage
Michael Asher
Daily Tech
Thursday, Sept 4, 2008
Increase twice the size of Germany: “colder weather” to blame.
Data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has indicated a dramatic increase in sea ice extent in the Arctic regions. The growth over the past year covers an area of 700,000 square kilometers: an amount twice the size the nation of Germany.
With the Arctic melting season over for 2008, ice cover will continue to increase until melting begins anew next spring.
The data is for August 2008 and indicates a total sea ice area of six million square kilometers. Ice extent for the same month in 2007 covered 5.3 million square kilometers, a historic low. Earlier this year, media accounts were rife with predictions that this year would again see a new record. Instead, the Arctic has seen a gain of about thirteen percent.
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William Chapman, a researcher with the Arctic Climate Research Center at the University of Illinois, tells DailyTech that this year the Arctic was “definitely colder” than 2007. Chapman also says part of the reason for the large ice loss in 2007 was strong winds from Siberia, which affect both ice formation and drift, forcing ice into warmer waters where it melts.
Earlier predictions were also wrong because researchers thought thinner ice would melt faster in subsequent years. Instead, according to the NSIDC, the new ice had less snow coverage to insulate it from the bitterly cold air, resulting in a faster rate of ice growth.
Most concern has focused on the Arctic regions, rather than Antarctica. Recent research has indicated Antarctica is on a long-term cooling trend, for reasons which remain unclear.
Earlier this year, concerns over global warming led the US to officially list the polar bear a threatened species, over objections from experts who claimed the animal’s numbers were increasing.
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September 4th, 2008 at 3:32 am
According to MSNBC :
Huge ice sheet breaks loose in Canadian arctic.
‘Shocking event’ another sign of warming in polar frontier, say scientists
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26529937
September 4th, 2008 at 6:07 am
The freezing in the south and melting in north could be caused by a abnormal tilt in the planet’s axis. I don’t think global warming is the problem. I think the changing weather is astronomical in nature.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Maybe the pole is moving? Just like the magnetic pole?
That might explain both the break-off and ice-growth at the same time…breaking off on one side…growing on the other side…
Then again…how can we trust any information…
September 4th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Spread the word to people that NBC,ABC,CBS,MSNBC,FOX “news” and all other mainstream media networks are all owned by Globalist NWO blue-blood, Chester’s who are out to ENSLAVE you, make you sick, give your children cancer, put a chip in your body. They release a small bit of truth to gain your trust and then they fill your head with LIES. One reason i trust PrisonPlanet and INFOWARS is because Alex lets us burn his movies and pass them out. This speaks volumes about his motive. His motive is to wake people up before it’s too late. Plus my gut and my soul tell me that Alex is for real. I thank Aj and all of you out there who love America, the REAL America.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Like I said before, people should research the effects of volcanic activity on polar ice.
Chet Reply:
March 10th, 2009 at 7:40 am
correct,also the effect on worldwide cooling during elevated numbers of concurrent eruptions.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
This article is MASSIVE stupidity.
Sea ice coverage is just above the 2007 minimum (end of August 2008).
Sea ice cover is now 22 % BELOW the 1979-2000 average.
Just have a look here :
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/index.html
Kind regards
Daniel
September 4th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Scientists have actually found evidence of volcanic vents under the ice-sheets that are causing parts of them to melt.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Blatant lies from the deniers:
“Arctic sea ice extent on September 3 was 4.85 million square kilometers (1.87 million square miles), a decline of 2.47 million square kilometers (950,000 square miles) since the beginning of August.
Extent is now within 370,000 square kilometers (140,000 square miles) of last year’s value on the same date and is 2.08 million square kilometers (800,000 square miles) below the 1979 to 2000 average.”
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/index.html
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September 4th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
The Earth is a big ball of rock weighing 1300000000000000000000000000 pounds. Nothing can move it out of its orbit, and nothing can tilt it off its axis. The only thing which could possibly do that would be another planet passing nearby, which hasn’t happened. Also, the Earths magnetic field is created by the iron core of the planet. But the core is underneath 2,000 miles of rock. There’s no way it could affect the weather on the surface of the planet. Sorry, but the crazy weather is comming from either the sun, or the pollution, or both.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Even if there was a crisis…letting the criminals like the EU or UN etc. handle it would be the real problem.
In fact, just knowing how they lie is half the battle. Start with not buying their crap, for starters!
ps
the air at ground zero was toxic and even though they knew – they LIED. Go from there…
September 5th, 2008 at 8:26 am
TO ALL…I’ve got a feeling that BILLY NO MATES..aka Kamakase as got a vested interest in the BULLSHIT GLOBAL WARMING RELIGION..he reckons he runs his own Business..now if you think of it logically are the items he’s “FLOGGING” got any thing to do with this con ..like Solar Panels,Wind Generators….MAKES YOU WONDER HEY?????
September 7th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
In the headline, “Gain” should be replaced by “Loss.”
September 7th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Oops–cancel my comment above. I assumed this was one more alarmist article.
February 10th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
I read a few of your other entires.where can i subscribe to your blog?