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 年 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…

5 年 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 年 ago

May 2017

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

8 年 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 年 ago

November 2015

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

10 年 ago

September 2015

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

10 年 ago

August 2015

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

10 年 ago

July 2015

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

10 年 ago

May 2015

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

10 年 ago