Arctic Sea Ice Steep Decline Continues

Steep decline of the Arctic sea ice continues. The yellow line on the image below follows 2014 sea ice area up to June 5 and shows that sea ...

Arctic sea ice in steep decline

Arctic sea ice area is in steep decline. The yellow line on the image below shows the sea ice area for 2014 up to June 1st, showing an almos...

Unfolding Methane Catastrophe

The above image shows that, over a period of less than two days, huge amounts of methane show up over the depth of the Arctic Ocean, especia...

Algae Bloom or Clathrates

There has been some discussion lately as to whether the high levels of methane observed over the Arctic Ocean originated from algae bloom or...

North Hole

Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies A dust storm approaches Stratford, Texas, in 1935. From:  Wikipedia: Dust Bowl During the 1930s, North Ame...

Arctic Sea Ice in Free Fall

Arctic Sea Ice has declined dramatically recently. The recent image below, by the Danish Meteorological Institute , shows the decline in ext...

Cyclone raging on Thin Ice

Another cyclone is raging over the Arctic Ocean. The Naval Research Laboratory image below shows the speed and drift of the sea ice. [ clic...

Arctic Ocean Events - Videos by Paul Beckwith

by Paul Beckwith Massive Arctic cyclone effect on sea ice in August 2012 Part 1: August 1st to 16th, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nli...

Is the permafrost's integrity breaking down?

The chart below shows very high methane levels over Antarctica in April and May 2013. High levels of methane over Antarctica were recorded b...