ARCTIC OCEAN MELTS NOW 20% EACH 10 DAYS, RUSSIA'S NORTH-EAST PASSAGE OPENS FOR SHIPPING
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Veli Albert Kallio
Jul 27, 2011, 11:00:15 AM7/27/11
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The North East Passage has opened in North of Siberia again for shipping traffick:
http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_daily_extent_hires.png
Overall, the North Pole's sea ice appears like this today:
North Pole's Ice Cap currently melts away at each ten days: 19.8%.
Melting figures of the Arctic Ocean for the last 10 days are:
17.07.2011: ice area 5,456,000 km2 - melting 98,000 km2
18.07.2011: ice area 5,383,000 km2 - melting 73,000 km2
19.07.2011: ice area 5,283,000 km2 - melting 100,000 km2
20.07.2011: ice area 5,083,000 km2 - melting 200,000 km2
26.07.2011: ice area 4,452,000 km2 - melting 102,000 km2
At the start of the period, 16.07.2011 the ice area was 5,554,000 km2.
A sustained daily sea ice melting rate 77,000 km2 could melt all ice from the North Pole by the autumn equinox. The current rate of disappearing sea ice is 110,200 km2 for the last 10 days. The open seas increase solar energy absorption at a higher rate than the shortening daylight hours are reducing the available sunlight supply. A return of cold weather and clouds can stop the feedback loop.
North Pole Sea Ice Cap has now lost 20%, or, 1/5th of its size in just over the last 10 days - a matter of immense concern as our "ice train" probably has already lost its breaks.
Geoengineers have very little time to act as the melting in the Arctic continues to escalate beyond all of the conventional projections.
Kind regards,
Albert
All figures by University of Illinois, Cryosphere Today. The graph by National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC), University of Colorado.
http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_daily_extent_hires.png
Overall, the North Pole's sea ice appears like this today:
North Pole's Ice Cap currently melts away at each ten days: 19.8%.
Melting figures of the Arctic Ocean for the last 10 days are:
17.07.2011: ice area 5,456,000 km2 - melting 98,000 km2
18.07.2011: ice area 5,383,000 km2 - melting 73,000 km2
19.07.2011: ice area 5,283,000 km2 - melting 100,000 km2
20.07.2011: ice area 5,083,000 km2 - melting 200,000 km2
21.07.2011: ice area 4,931,000 km2 - melting 152,000 km2
22.07.2011: ice area 4,843,000 km2 - melting 88,000 km2
23.07.2011: ice area 4,726,000 km2 - melting 117,000 km2
23.07.2011: ice area 4,726,000 km2 - melting 117,000 km2
24.07.2011: ice area 4,632,000 km2 - melting 94,000 km2
25.07.2011: ice area 4,554,000 km2 - melting 78,000 km226.07.2011: ice area 4,452,000 km2 - melting 102,000 km2
At the start of the period, 16.07.2011 the ice area was 5,554,000 km2.
A sustained daily sea ice melting rate 77,000 km2 could melt all ice from the North Pole by the autumn equinox. The current rate of disappearing sea ice is 110,200 km2 for the last 10 days. The open seas increase solar energy absorption at a higher rate than the shortening daylight hours are reducing the available sunlight supply. A return of cold weather and clouds can stop the feedback loop.
North Pole Sea Ice Cap has now lost 20%, or, 1/5th of its size in just over the last 10 days - a matter of immense concern as our "ice train" probably has already lost its breaks.
Geoengineers have very little time to act as the melting in the Arctic continues to escalate beyond all of the conventional projections.
Kind regards,
Albert
All figures by University of Illinois, Cryosphere Today. The graph by National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC), University of Colorado.
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