Arctic Sea Ice Re-Freezing at Record Pace

The Daily Green ^ | December 12, 2007 | Dan Shapely

[america4vr]

The record melting of Arctic sea ice observed this summer and fall led to record-low levels of ice in both September and October, but a record-setting pace of re-freezing in November, according to the NASA Earth Observatory. Some 58,000 square miles of ice formed per day for 10 days in late October and early November, a new record.

Still, the extent of sea ice recorded in November was well shy of the median extent observed over the past quarter century, as the image from Nov. 14 (above, right) shows. The dramatic increase in ice is evident, when compared to the record-low amount observed Sept. 16 (below, right). In both images, 100% sea ice is shown in white, and the yellow line encompasses the area ion which there was at least 15% ice cover in at least half of the 25-year record for the given month.

The record melting of Arctic sea ice this summer was widely viewed as a harbinger of global warming, though unusual wind patterns played a role and many factors affecting fluctuations in Arctic ice are poorly understood by scientists. The area of persistent open water north of Alaska and eastern Siberia, according to NASA, is unusual for this time of year, though not unprecedented. This area was also largely free of ice in November 2002 and especially November 2006.

Here's how NASA explains the record re-growth of ice over that 10-day period in October and November:

Record sea ice growth rates after a record low may sound surprising at first, but it is not completely unexpected. The more ice that survives the summer melt, the less open water there is for new ice to grow.

[america4vr]

Ohhhhhh! The humanity. ..the humanity....

[Professional Engineer]

LOL

[pepsionice]

I think the best solution...is to totally agree with the Gore crowd...but then to admit absolute defeat with saving the earth...arguing instead...that the earth has only 120 years at best to survive...so lets start taxation...to find another planet and move every earthing off Earth. Its as ridicious as the global warming episode...but at least we are getting something for our money...and maybe they might find such a planet anyway...and maybe we might move all of California to this new planet.

[14erClimb]

Proof G-d has a great sense of humor.

[kidd]

Conclusion: The effects of global warming are more severe in the summer than they are in the winter.

[pissant]

Funny how winter does that. LOL

[Rummyfan]

WE'RE ALL DOOMED!!!!

[america4vr]

Yiddish phrase;
Der Mench tracht,
und Gutt Lacht.

Man ponders, God laughs.

[Let's Roll]

Yes, but that’s why they’ve been calling it “climate change” instead of global warming for some months now. Gotta cover all the bases.

Well, duh, climate is constantly changing

[Jeffrey_D.]

It’s the CO2.........quick!!! Everybody hold your breath!!!

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Interestingly, here is what you see in the browser title bar when you go to the article:

[Conservative_Jedi]

[Lancey Howard]

[Jeffrey_D.]

It’s been reported that up to 200,000 Freepers stayed the planet from another ice age........

On a sadder note, trees and plant life are dying everywhere!

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

Ping for viewing after work...

[Turborules]

”These people are wasting lots of government and private money because they are genuinely ignorant.”

I agree with you!

In my opinion, there is nothing genuine or honest about the Scientist and Gorbots that support this fraud…it is about money, power, and communism! The poor uninformed are their cannon fodder!

[isrul]

They just need a little time to re tool the myth machine and they’ll be ready to change it all to a global cooling emergency.

[Pontiac]

The record melting of Arctic sea ice observed this summer and fall led to record-low levels of ice in both September and October, but a record-setting pace of re-freezing in November, according to the NASA Earth Observatory. Some 58,000 square miles of ice formed per day for 10 days in late October and early November, a new record.

I love it when these idiots talk about climatologically records.

How long has it been possible to keep accurate records of sea ice? Maybe three decades at most.

When was the first weather satellite launched?

Tiros 1 April 1, 1960 and it was only operational for 78 days.

Don’t talk to me about drawing conclusions from record sea ice formations when the record set is so miniscule.

[been_lurking]

The more ice that survives the summer melt, the less open water there is for new ice to grow.

Duh! And we pay climate scientists to tell us this?

I'm of the opinion that most climate scientists couldn't hold a regular job, therefore they are invested in this repeated cycle of Global Cooling - Global Warming. Without it, they would be jobless. That goes a long way to explain the much ballyhooed "consensus" of scientists.

[Steve_Seattle]

"I can’t wait till the cycle reverses and the evidence begins showing that the Earth is starting to cool."

I think we might already be on the cusp of that, which is why the GW fear-mongers are ramping up their rhetoric and saying we must act RIGHT NOW or we face OBLIVION. They are trying to ram their globalist agenda through before the public wakes up to what is going on.