Isudtyndingen af polarisen her i 2008.

GLAR skrev:
Prognoserne for Fredag fortæller at der måske (50/50) kan komme sne i Kangerlussuaq midt i Juli....og -4C i overfladetemperatur.

Hvis det sker er det første gang i historien det sner i Kangerlussuaq i Juli......Jeg følger situationen nøje og har kameraet i 'high alert'

De engelske modeller indikerer faktisk køligt vejr og nedbør på fredag.....lad os se havd der sker !!!

GLAR skrev:
I Sydgrønland mangler fåreholderne regn, græsset er afgnavet og der er ikke græs nok til hø for vinterfodring....Hvis der ikke kommer vand inden længe vil fåreholderne få en økonomisk lussing.

GLAR skrev:
Moskusokser har vi rigeligt af her i Kangerlussuaq området, 8-10.000 og der bortskydes årligt omkring 1000 stykker.

Muskosokser og rensdyr går fint sammen, de spiser nemlig ikke den samme føde. Det kræver meget store områder da den arktiske vegetation er langsom til at genere sig selv after afgnavning af fødeemnerne.

I Sydgrønland falder der meget 'vådt sne' og når det fryser kan moskusokserne ikke skrabe sig ned til føden p.g.a. is, derfor er der kun få moskus i sydgrønland.

Jeg har beregnet at hvis 2007 areal var 100% ja så er 2008 isareal den 16/8 på 130,3% . 2005 ligger på 132,4%.

Tager man isconcentration med i betragtning, ja så er der "kun" 25% mere is iår end sidste år. Gøres dette viser det sig at der er lidt mere is i 2008 end 2005.

While the monthly average was slightly less than June 2007, Figure 2 indicates that on a daily basis, sea ice extent appears slightly higher than 2007 for most of the month. This apparent contradiction arises because of the monthly averaging calculation and because some days may have areas of missing data. To be included as an ice-covered region in the monthly average, the average concentration for that region must exceed 15 percent. So if the concentration is 15 percent for 29 days, but less than 15 percent for 1 day, it will not be included in the average ice extent for the month. Also, since ice extent decreases during June, if there is slightly more missing data in the early part of the month the monthly average could slightly underestimate the sea ice extent.

Og Rick bemærk så at nu er vi igen tilbage på rekordkurs mht Antarktis.

"...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET IN DENVER FOR AUGUST 15TH...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TODAY WAS 59 DEGREES.

THIS WILL REPLACE THE OLD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR AUGUST 15TH WHICH WAS 68 DEGREES SET 128 YEARS AGO 1880."

"I live near Hoosier Pass, Colo., nine miles South of Breckenridge on the Continental Divide at 10,900r42;. It's snowing right now. It looks like December, not the 17th of August. We haven't had much of a summer, with frequent thunderstorms, copious rainfall, and cooler-than-average temperatures (even for the Rockies). Last Winter's snow still remains on many peaks. And now it's snowing on top of the old snow.

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GLAR skrev om rick_UK:

Du har simpelthen ingenting gjort...kun kommet med "alt dit klimashit" på dette debatforum.....Det er jo ikke tilfældigt at alle links til klimavenlige sider kommer fra dig....

Sådan som jeg ser situationen netop nu har IPCC og alle de andre klimatosser et alvorligt troværdighedsproblem...det bliver koldere og koldere i takt med at CO2 indholdet i atmosfæren stiger og stiger.

Din modige indsats at 'gøre-det-selv' beregninger er meget rosværdige, men jeg tror at den virkelig verden er en del mere kompleceret. Fx:

While the monthly average was slightly less than June 2007, Figure 2 indicates that on a daily basis, sea ice extent appears slightly higher than 2007 for most of the month. This apparent contradiction arises because of the monthly averaging calculation and because some days may have areas of missing data. To be included as an ice-covered region in the monthly average, the average concentration for that region must exceed 15 percent. So if the concentration is 15 percent for 29 days, but less than 15 percent for 1 day, it will not be included in the average ice extent for the month. Also, since ice extent decreases during June, if there is slightly more missing data in the early part of the month the monthly average could slightly underestimate the sea ice extent.

And the finds are not confined to 3000 BC. Some of the leather found, and a fragment of a wooden bowl, date from 4500 BC, older even than Oetzi, making them the oldest objects ever found in the Alps.

And from later periods, a Bronze Age pin has been discovered, as well as Roman coins and a fibula, and items dating from the early Middle Ages.

"But what we do know is that the climate has fluctuated throughout history; in the past the driving force for the changes was the Earth's orbital pattern, now the driving force is green house gas emissions."

"The fact that we still find these 5,000-year-old pieces of leather tells us they were protected by the ice all this time, and that the glaciers have never been smaller than in the year 2003 and the years following."

Sea ice extent is declining at a fairly brisk and steady pace. Surface melt has mostly ended, but the decline will continue for two to three more weeks because of melt from the bottom and sides of the ice. Amundsen's Northwest Passage is now navigable; the wider, deeper Northwest Passage through Parry Channel may also open in a matter of days. The Northern Sea Route along the Eurasian coast is clear.

Overview of conditions:

Arctic sea ice extent on August 24 was 5.47 million square kilometers (2.11 million square miles), a decline of 1.85 million square kilometers (714,000 square miles) since the beginning of the month. Extent is now within 580,000 square kilometers (220,000 square miles) of last year's value on the same date and is 1.84 million square kilometers (710,000 square miles) below the 1979 to 2000 average.

Denne viden har boltret sig rundt i skeptikerkredse men har ikke rigtigt kommet igennem i den etablerede presse.

Sea ice extent has fallen below the 2005 minimum, previously the second-lowest extent recorded since the dawn of the satellite era. Will 2008 also break the standing record low, set in 2007? We will know in the next several weeks, when the melt season comes to a close. The bottom line, however, is that the strong negative trend in summertime ice extent characterizing the past decade continues.

Conditions in context:

Through the beginning of the melt season in May until early August, daily ice extent for 2008 closely tracked the values for 2005.

In early August of 2005, the decline began to slow; in August of 2008, the decline has remained steadily downward at a brisk pace. The 2005 minimum of 5.32 million square kilometers (2.05 million square miles) occurred on September 21.

På dansk er det uret der tikker og klokken der ringer

FN's frist til to mindre oprørsbevægelser i Darfur udløber natten til torsdag. Den ene gruppe kræver fortsat ændringer i en fredsaftale.

Klokken tikker, og ved midnat natten til torsdag udløber fristen til to oprørsgrupper i Darfur-regionen i Sudan.