IceBlog

Sundown on the Arctic

September 22, at 15:30CEST/ 9:30AMEDT marks the autumn equinox, when the sun finally will go down on an Arctic summer…

5 years ago

Burning the High Arctic: 2020 Spring and Summer Fire Season in Sakha Republic. A Precursor of Fire Seasons to Come?

2020 has been an exceptionally hot year for the Arctic, especially in High Arctic Russia. Beginning in January, an extended…

6 years ago

How the Polar Vortex Works (and Why Record Cold is Yes, Part of Global Warming)

Note:  ICCI often gets questions about the unusually cold weather that occasionally has begun to hit sub-Arctic Europe and North…

7 years ago

May 2017

May IceBlog: Anything But Pro Forma Note:  Statements at Arctic Council ministerial meetings are often very pro-forma.  The May 11…

9 years ago

January 2017

ICCI’s hallmark is a deep belief in the power of solid science to convince policymakers and decision makers to change…

9 years ago

November 2015

“These people know nothing!  Nothing!” This outburst from an eminent Antarctic researcher was as unexpected for me as it was…

10 years ago

September 2015

Fire in the Fields – “Burning” the Cryosphere “Open burning” refers to a common agricultural practice found today throughout the…

10 years ago

August 2015

What Happens in the Arctic…. As world leaders, including President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and a number of…

10 years ago

July 2015

Explaining Climate:  What Rockström Said! Sometimes in the struggle to convey the seriousness and, above all, the immediacy of the…

11 years ago

May 2015

The “Road to Paris” Goes through Cryosphere With the Bonn UNFCCC climate negotiations taking place next month, the phrase “road…

11 years ago