Published on Sep 17, 2012 by NOAAVisualizations
The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean dropped
below the previous all-time record set in 2007. This year also marks
the first time that there has been less than 4 million square kilometers
(1.54 million square miles) of sea ice since satellite observations
began in 1979. This animation shows the 2012 time-series of ice extent
using sea ice concentration data from the DMSP SSMI/S satellite sensor.
The black area represents the daily average (median) sea ice extent
over the 1979-2000 time period. Layered over top of that are the daily
satellite measurements from January 1 -- September 14, 2012. A rapid
melt begins in July, whereby the 2012 ice extents fall far below the
historical average. The National Snow and Ice Data Center
(www.nsidc.org) will confirm the final minimum ice extent data and area
once the melt stabilizes, usually in mid-September.http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/arctic-sea-ice-extent-reaches-record-shattering-minimum/2012/09/19/fe373130-027d-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_blog.html
By: bellava
In: World News, Science and Technology, Nature
Tags: , Arctic, Record, Breaking, Ice, Melt,
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And in 1943 the Germans sailed to the North Pole during an Arctic minimum. A minimum that was well before any possibility of global warming.
The point about 1979 is that was a peak of Arctic ice cover and was the cause of a number of scaremongering 'scientific' reports that we were headed into a new ice-age.
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByDEADBEEF (4160.96) 
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The Earth is just snapping back to where it was before the last Instant Ice Age,Vegetation used to be plentiful under all that ice,trees,bushes,creatures,
Humans just need to relax and adjust to the return of how the Earth was,..
Posted Sep-20-2012 BySharkGuy (1504.00) SharkGuy View Channel Send Message
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@SharkGuy - or at the very least, how it will be
Posted Sep-20-2012 Bygeoleojoh (274.04) 
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@SharkGuy
If you are a shark you'll have no problem in a regularly flooded New York.
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByLolling (262.70) 
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@SharkGuy Ain't nothin' gonna snap back while we clear cut the Amazon, boiii.
Posted Sep-20-2012 Bylsdfuture (27.78) 
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@lsdfuture
I think what we loose there are chance for new discoveries,.
the Earth will take it coarse no matter what the Human flea does,.
boii,..
Posted Sep-20-2012 BySharkGuy (1504.00) SharkGuy View Channel Send Message
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Looks like the OP conveniently glossed over the fact that the Antarctic is at it's highest volume of ice since records have been kept. An equal exchange of ice between the north and south poles is occurring, further proving the myth of global warming.
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/ice-area-sets-another-record-high/
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByMERCILESS (696.96) 
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@MERCILESS http://www.livescience.com/23333-record-high-antarctic-sea-ice-levels-don-t-disprove-global-warming.html
Posted Sep-20-2012 Bybellava (54219.58) 
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boo f*cking hoo.... here comes the whole end of the f*cing world...2012 thing GOD I am tired of this shit... move on....
Posted Sep-20-2012 By2v88 (27.40) 
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@2v88 It's twoo, it's twoo!
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByTMoray1 (736.76) 
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I blame Al Gore for making global warming so popular. Now every ones doing it...
Posted Sep-20-2012 Bybobsdesk (437.74) 
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@bobsdesk Is his electric bill for his house still running around $3,000 per month?
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByTMoray1 (736.76) 
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@TMoray1 Which of his houses?
Posted Sep-20-2012 Bybobsdesk (437.74) 
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@bobsdesk Some old house that was built in the 1800s, I think, 3 story in whatever his home state is - you know, one of the states he didn't carry in 2000.
Posted Sep-21-2012 ByTMoray1 (736.76) 
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did we find the nazi's hidden base buried beneath the ice?????
it's coming, just get your pants on.
Posted Sep-20-2012 Byphobeus (94.60) 
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@phobeus just soviet nuclear dumps lol, it's true
Posted Sep-20-2012 Bybellava (54219.58) 
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Fuck the future of the planet.
We all love our lifestyles too much.
Let our grandchildren deal with our shit.
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByBaxta76 (150.40) 
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@Baxta76
Rofl
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByNebuchadnezzar (362.40) 
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"Animation"...
In other words, FAKE.
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByValleyBlacksmith (683.00) 
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Nice :) It's about damn time the ice age is over. Bring on the warmer air!
I hear the last remaining Eskimos and Polar bears are migrating to land areas. It is also interesting how sea level didn't rise by 15 foot as some have claimed it would. Sure, more violent storms come with a warmer planet, but also less energy used is a benefit to the poor (detrimental for the wealthy who are anti-global warming).
Posted Sep-20-2012 BySteve15425 (542.10) Steve15425 View Channel Send Message
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@Steve15425 If this keeps up Mt. Everest will be underwater in a few million years. Alas, we must do something forthwith.
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByTMoray1 (736.76) 
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Richard Branson is already ahead of you. We're all moving to Mars.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/09/20/richard-branson-wants-to-populate-mars/
Posted Sep-20-2012 Byjoe prole (1637.30) 
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@TMoray1 hahahaha bullshit.
There isn't enough ice left on the entire planet to even raise sea levels globally 1 inch.
Posted Sep-20-2012 BySteve15425 (542.10) Steve15425 View Channel Send Message
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"All time record set in 2007" Bullshit, we know half the northern hemisphere was covered in ice at one time so there has obviously been a much much bigger melt previously... Are you Al Gore in Disguise..Stop the scare mongering
Posted Sep-20-2012 Byamerican loving brit (164.52) 
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@american loving brit
So pathetic.
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByLolling (262.70) 
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Just surrender your wallets to the EPA and everything will be ok.
Posted Sep-20-2012 Byapathetic (229.80) 
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@apathetic
Pathetic.
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByLolling (262.70) 
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At same time that north pole is showing smaller amount of ice, the south pole has record amount of ice. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2012/09/19/antarctic-sea-ice-sets-another-record/
Posted Sep-20-2012 Bynubomb (10.34) nubomb View Channel Send Message
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@nubomb Water freezes from the top down. It's the thin top layer ice which they're referring to. The heavy ancient stuff underneath is gone.
Posted Sep-20-2012 Bylsdfuture (27.78) 
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Why don't they show more than just one season?
How do we know that this is not the norm for one season?
Posted Sep-20-2012 Bymutterfudder (694.58) 
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@mutterfudder it gives you the historical average 7mil km vs 4 mil km in 2012. We did have a record breaking heat wave this summer, "hottest year ever in the US" however I don't know how long they have been monitoring this data. Maybe it's a normal cycle r/t high temps.
Posted Sep-20-2012 Bybellava (54219.58) 
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@bellava "Ever" isn't nearly as long as it used to be.
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByTMoray1 (736.76) 
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@bellava
It's not normal cycle, specially when you have almost a "dead sun" like we have since the last solar cycle... When the sun keep heating up the planet as usual, we will dry up like stockfish: between 2020 and 2030.
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByLolling (262.70) 
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a warmer earth is better for all
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByViruke (104.10) Viruke View Channel Send Message
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@Viruke Good point, maybe they will melt in middle-east!
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@TBY1000
http://www.rumormillnews.com/pix3/navymapoffutureamerica.GIF
Posted Sep-20-2012 Byhamburger (562.50) 
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@hamburger I hope your not buying into that map
Posted Sep-20-2012 ByPeckerhead (122.22) Peckerhead View Channel Send Message
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It's time to take some swimming lessons, because waterworld is coming!
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