Month: February 2015

Antarctica Losing 130 gigatons of ice per year (last Year it was 159 gigatons per year)

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The Daily Mail claims that Antarctica is losing 130 gigatons of ice per year. (An earlier version of my post had a typo and said 159)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2972611/Antarctica-s-melting-ice-changing-shape-Earth-Researchers-warn-area-ground-zero-climate-change.html

The trouble is twofold:

One … last year it was 159 gigatons per year: http://www.futurity.org/159b-tons-antarctic-ice-sheet-lost-year/

Two …

NSIDC: “The Antarctic Ice Sheet contains 30 million cubic kilometers (7.2 million cubic miles) of ice.”

A gigaton of ice is approximately one cubic kilometer of ice.

So … at 130 gigatons per year, how long before Antarctica melts? That would be 30,000,000 / 130.

 

 

230,000 years.

 

I’m guessing our interglacial will end long before that. And the ice will have stopped melting and started growing.

What the Klimate Kult doesn’t tell you is that the minute Antarctica stops melting is the moment most of humanity will start to die because that when the interglacial ends.

And it will end.

NOAA – 2634 Low Max Records Broken or tied From 2015-02-19 to 2015-02-25

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(This is a different post than the Low Min one)

Low Max records track the lowest maximum temperature for the day.

2634 Low Max Records Broken or tied From 2015-02-19 to 2015-02-25 according to the NOAA. (That is 15% of all the measurements for that period)

Below is a screenshot showing location and the biggest difference between old record and new record.

The list is just the ones I could capture in a screenshot. Wow. Many records broken by over 20F.

Imagine … the old record was 34 and it is now 3F. A 31F difference.

Capture

NOAA – 1913 Low Min Records Broken (272 tied) From 2015-02-19 to 2015-02-25

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UPDATE #2 – Even more records have been broken.

UPDATE: I also have a blog post on the LOW MAX records.

1913 Low Min Records Broken in Last 7 Days (272 tied)  according to the NOAA.

Below is a screenshot showing location and the biggest difference between old record and new record.

The list is just the ones I could capture in a screenshot. Wow. Many records broken by over 30F.

Imagine … the old record was 15F and it is now -23F. A 38F difference.

Capture

Sea Ice Extent – Day 52 – Antarctica – 2015 Probably Is 4th Highest Minimum

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Antarctica Records – 2015 Probably Is 4th Highest Minimum

Year Min Max day of Max day of Min Avg Anomaly
2008 3.69176 18.29726 247 51 0.6
2013 3.67897 19.60692 274 50 0.87
2003 3.6257 18.67907 268 48 0.32
2015 3.53244 TBA TBA 49 TBA
2014 3.51506 20.14215 263 51 1.09
2001 3.44094 18.49324 271 50 0.02
1995 3.32988 18.7353 269 55 0.15
2004 3.25927 19.12341 252 51 0.32
2012 3.11109 19.47713 266 54 0.36
1994 3.08286 18.8266 243 43 0.12
1987 3.01642 18.52332 258 52 -0.24
1986 2.95395 18.02672 261 65 -0.55
1979 2.91521 18.36699 256 48 0.04
1982 2.8927 18.55004 246 52 -0.02
1983 2.84656 18.81042 263 55 -0.25
2010 2.8422 18.9968 249 47 0.45
2005 2.80387 19.29451 272 49 0.04
1990 2.78435 18.3788 273 53 -0.24
1998 2.7715 19.2433 258 56 0.08
1989 2.7229 18.27368 266 51 -0.23
2007 2.7227 19.08545 272 50 0.03
1999 2.70723 18.98068 273 51 0.11
2002 2.69691 18.11556 252 51 -0.43
1981 2.69524 18.85906 261 51 -0.21
2009 2.67096 19.29864 267 53 0.39
1988 2.63862 18.78456 277 55 -0.14
1985 2.60211 18.93215 254 50 -0.04
1996 2.59733 18.83039 267 56 0.13
2000 2.58248 19.15817 272 49 0.11
1991 2.55355 18.66993 273 58 -0.11
1980 2.52686 19.09137 267 57 -0.39
1992 2.49238 18.4663 255 54 -0.24
2006 2.4866 19.35934 264 51 -0.19
1984 2.38292 18.37747 266 58 -0.2
2011 2.31884 18.95328 266 53 -0.15
1993 2.28078 18.709 263 50 -0.23
1997 2.26415 18.79094 265 58 -0.26

Global_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2015_Day_52_1981-2010 Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2015_Day_52_1981-2010 Arctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2015_Day_52_1981-2010

Data: South / North