tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post2035687355823218755..comments2024-03-16T08:04:53.086-05:00Comments on Dredd Blog: Arctic Ice Extent: 2015 Struggles For First Place - 3Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-12816033948651197132015-09-07T13:31:51.612-05:002015-09-07T13:31:51.612-05:00Just like this ice the empire will melt soon, muha...Just like this ice the empire will melt soon, muhahaha, get your stuff together quickly, Mister Trump, Buffet, Koch and who the hell else. I wonder, when will they start to panic^^Curiousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-79407703569096164772015-08-12T21:20:37.201-05:002015-08-12T21:20:37.201-05:00Dredd, exactly - I'm looking at not only the a...Dredd, exactly - I'm looking at not only the albedo change via soot, but also the warm Pacific delivering tropical warmth to the Arctic because of the aberrations in the jet stream and standard currents, and the Ridiculously Resilient Ridge that's parked itself off CA and grown for the past few years now, not to mention the Arctic storms with wind-whipped waves that also help to demolish the ice. <br /><br />http://robertscribbler.com/2015/08/12/wrecked-pacific-storm-track-now-runs-from-equator-to-arctic-ocean/<br /><br />Wrecked Pacific Storm Track Now Runs From Equator to Arctic Ocean<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-86902855896467449132015-08-12T12:11:29.705-05:002015-08-12T12:11:29.705-05:00Tom,
"This could drop in a hurry with all th...Tom,<br /><br />"<i>This could drop in a hurry with all the Siberia and CA fires, the heat waves in Europe and the Pacific being warmer than ever</i>."<br /><br />The air is not going to pull it through, it takes warm ocean water.<br /><br />The fires do impact on albedo when the winds are in that direction, but that is a surface / air dynamic (soot on the ice absorbs more sunlight to warm it up).<br /><br />If the air is warm that enhances the effect.<br /><br />The Pacific "Blob" area of warm water does flow through the Bering to the Chukchi, over to the Beufort, and also up over the top, then across to the Fram (west) and Baffin (east) sides of Greenland (<a href="http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-question-is-how-much-acceleration.html" rel="nofollow">The Question Is: How Much Acceleration Is Involved In SLR? - 4</a>).<br /><br />The warm water part of the equation is working to have an impact this year.<br /><br />The polar vortex did not cooperate as much this year as in 2012, and El Nino may have mucked it up in that sense too.<br /><br />Once the polar vortex and weak jet streams conspire to cast more cold air out, down to move southern latitudes, and let more warm air in along with the warm water, in more volume and for a longer time, the 2012 record will fall.<br /><br />I don't expect it this year.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629960642482064127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-12330269598290221422015-08-12T09:57:58.558-05:002015-08-12T09:57:58.558-05:00There was a wee downward move on Aug. 11 (accordin...There was a wee downward move on Aug. 11 (according to the update) ...<br /><br />But that 2012 drop is daunting.<br /><br />Second place may be in the cards.Randyhttp://www.peakoil.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-55530063129696720102015-08-12T08:06:43.671-05:002015-08-12T08:06:43.671-05:00This could drop in a hurry with all the Siberia an...This could drop in a hurry with all the Siberia and CA fires, the heat waves in Europe and the Pacific being warmer than ever. Here's some pix via seemorerocks:<br /><br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/08/cameras-recording-ice-melt-at-north-pole.html<br /><br />Wednesday, 12 August 2015<br />Cameras recording ice melt at North Pole<br />The melting ice at Greenland<br /><br /><br /><br />The older ice is melting and pulling away from Canada and Greenland. The land that the ice has been up against has been anchoring much of the Arctic ice in place. <br /><br />Tom<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com