Temporal Evolution

4 February, 2008   -  Filed under Climate Change, North Pole 2008    -  

A composite animation of the Arctic Ocean's seasonal sea ice retreat in 2007 (from the Cryosphere Today - the original 200mb file is here). To my layman's eye, the rate of melting between July and September is staggering.

Climatically, interesting things are afoot in the high Arctic at the moment; after the lowest sea ice extent ever recorded last summer, the winter ice area seems to have bounced back to a level approaching the 1979-2000 mean. See also Christopher Booker's Notebook in today's Telegraph. Curiouser and curiouser.

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3 Responses to “Temporal Evolution”

  1. lilalia Says:
    February 4th, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    To a layman's eyes, it is not only staggering, it is scary.

  2. mactually » Blog Archive » Arctic sea ice cover comparison Says:
    February 4th, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    [...] [via Kottke, via Ben Saunders] [...]

  3. Anthony Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    The other side of the world…
    http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17915