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Three kinds of warming in the Arctic

The Arctic is prone to suffer from three kinds of warming. Firstly, the Arctic is hit particularly hard by emissions, as discussed in earlier posts such as this one and this one . Secondly, warming …
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Arctic sea ice area at record low for time of year

Arctic sea ice area on January 28, 2016, was only 12.17902 million square km. At this time of year, sea ice area hasn't been as low as this for at least since satellite records started in 1979, a…
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Arctic Sea Ice At Record Low

Arctic sea ice extent on January 4, 2016, was at a record low for the time of the year, as illustrated by the image below. Arctic sea ice will typically reach its maximum extent in March. In 2015, se…
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Strong winds and High Waves hit Arctic Ocean

Strong winds and high waves are hitting the Arctic Ocean from both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Above image shows waves as high as 12.36 m or 40.5 ft near Greenland on December 8, 2015. …
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Cyclones continue to hit Northern Hemisphere

As the 2015 El Niño gets stronger, the Northern Hemisphere continues to get hit by strong winds and cyclones. The image below shows strong winds over the Arctic Ocean, as hurricane Joaquin approaches…
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Arctic Sea Ice Collapse Threatens - Update 9

The image below shows that Arctic sea ice had reached a level of 4.45 million square kilometers on September 16, 2015 (end of dark blue line at center of image). NSIDC has meanwhile called the 2015 m…
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Arctic Sea Ice Collapse Threatens - Update 8

The image below, from Arctic-roos.org , shows Arctic sea ice extent up to September 6, 2015. Editorial note: The dramatic drop in sea ice extent shown on the image below turns out to be an error. The…
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Arctic Sea Ice Collapse Threatens - Update 6

The image below shows Arctic sea ice extent, with the blue dot indicating that extent for August 22, 2015, was 5.382 million square kilometers. The record shows that, at this time of the year, extent…
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