Arctic summers could be ice-free as early as 2030, said Dr. Mark C. Serreze, director of the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC - part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in…

Over past centuries, the crews of ships regularly measured some basic properties of the waters through which they sailed, such as temperature and salinity.  Though their accuracy has to be…

From 1975 on, the global surface ocean had shown a pronounced, though wavering, warming trend. Starting in 2004, however, that warming seemed to stall. Researchers measuring the Earth's total energy…

Petermann Glacier 2013 If the feature arrowed in the image below is not a processing artifact, then Petermann Glacier is setting itself up for yet another major calving event.  Further data is…

Around The Arctic June 2013 The Arctic is currently primed for rapid and extensive ice loss, unless we see some very unusual weather conditions this Summer. The state of the ice can be seen in the…

Glacier Changes in NE Greenland Substantial cracks in the Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden glacier ice tongue appear to be growing in extent and number.  While not as spectacular as the 2010 calving of the…

Jellyfish Blooms Newspapers are currently reporting a surge in jellyfish numbers in the Mediterranean.  Along with the surge in jellyfish numbers, or bloom, is a surge in bad reporting about…

Reductions in Arctic sea ice levels may nfluence patterns of atmospheric circulation both within and beyond the Arctic, according to a simulation using  2007 ice conditions, the second lowest…

Before the Oligocene epoch some 33.6 million years ago, the Earth was a warm place with a tropical climate. In this region, plankton diversity was high until glaciation - the Antarctic continental…

Arctic Ice 2013 This year looks set to be yet another year of extreme melting of Arctic sea ice.  The majority of ice is first year ice.  Previously-normal conditions ensured that young ice…