Antarctica Sea Ice Extent set an all-time record of 19.51234 million sq km on September 14 2013 (Day 257).
The old record was 19.47713 million sq km set in 2012.
Click graph for bigger. Data is here. This post is a day late because NSIDC was closed due to flooding in Boulder.
“(Reuters) – Germany’s transition to renewable energy may cost up to 1 trillion euros ($1.34 trillion) in the next two decades, the environment minister said on Wednesday, piling pressure on his opponents to back plans to cap power price rises before the election.
With an eye on the September vote, Peter Altmaier, one of conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel’s most trusted ministers, has outlined plans to rein in subsidies for renewable power which have pushed up consumers’ electricity bills.
However, his plans may be doomed as the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens have reservations and could block legislation in the Bundesrat upper house.
“The costs of our energy reform and restructuring of energy provision could amount to around 1 trillion euros by the end of the 2030s,” Altmaier told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/20/us-germany-energy-idUSBRE91J0AV20130220
UPDATE: Antarctica Set An All Time Record For Sea Ice Extent on Sept 14th. Read about it here.
David Rose is getting a lot of hate for telling the truth about shoddy climate models.
But this quote from the leaked upcoming AR5 jumped out at me:
“‘Most models simulate a small decreasing trend in Antarctic sea ice extent, in contrast to the small increasing trend in observations… There is low confidence in the scientific understanding of the small observed increase in Antarctic sea ice extent.’
Read the full article here:
The source of most of the the data I use for Antarctic and Arctic Sea Ice Extent is NSIDC.
They are not updating or providing data until Monday because of the flooding in Boulder Colorado.
According to the NOAA August 2013 was the 92nd warmest out of 119. That means only 28 were warmer.
These are the 28: 1901,1913,1934,1936,1937,1938,1943,1947,1955,1958,1959,1969,1970,1983,1984,1988,1995,1998,2000,2001,2003,2005,2006,2007,2010,2011,2012
It was cool in the east though. The numbers below are the rank out of 119.
So North Carolina (for example) was 13th warmest out of 119. Which means 107 Augusts in NC were warmer.
September 11th (Day 254) saw the 43rd Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. So far, 2013 would be the 3rd highest maximum of All Time behind 2012 and 2006.
2012’s maximum was 19.47713 million sq km
2006’s maximum was 19.35934 million sq km
2013’s maximum so far is 19.35119 million sq km
Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
September 10th (Day 253) saw the 42nd Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. There has been 250,000 sq km of new ice in last 3 Days.
Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
September 9th (Day 252) saw the 41st Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. For a few days it looked like the growth was over, but the last 2 days have seen 74,000 sq km gains each day.
Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
HADCET (Central England Temperature) Seasonal Trend For Last 15 Years is Cooling
December January February is cooling at -1.3C/decade
March April May is cooling at -.594C/decade
September October November is cooling at -.107C/decade
June July August is cooling at -.232C/decade
HADCET (Central England Temperature) Aug 2013 was tied for 41st warmest.
2013 was tied with 1704 1727 1743 1792 1807 1831 1835 1856 and 1937.
The barplot is the Augusts since 1659. The temperature is the anomaly from the 1981 to 2010 average.
The yellow bars are the years warmer than August 2013. Green bars indicate a tie with August 2013. Click for bigger.
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