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Oops - Polar ice not receding after all?

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Sun, 04 Jun 2017 20:53 UTC
NASA satellite measurements show polar ice caps

NASA satellite measurements show the polar ice caps have not retreated at all.
In fact it may be standing at its greatest extent in at least 97 years. Al Gore predicted that the Arctic ice cap could completely disappear by 2014.

However, new data released by NASA reveals that the Earth's polar ice caps have not receded at all since satellite measurements began in 1979.

Considering that the late 1970s marked the end of a 30-year cooling trend, the polar ice caps were quite likely more extensive at that time than they had been since at least the 1920s.

This indicates that not only is polar ice not receding, it is now quite possibly at its greatest extent in at least 97 years.

Thanks to Dale for this link

Comment: See also: Arctic Sea Ice Expanded in May - and in the unlikely place of Barents Sea

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Snowflake

California's endless winter: 8 feet of snow remains on the ground in June

Doyle Rice
USA Today
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:33 UTC
Mammoth Mountain

Mammoth Mountain
It's an endless winter in the West.

Snow from the barrage of storms that pounded the western mountains over the winter is still on the ground. Many mountains in the Rockies, Sierra and Cascades are packed with at least 8 feet of snow, the National Weather Service said, creating a dream summer for skiers and snowboarders.

The Mammoth Mountain ski area in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., is seeing its "best spring conditions in decades ... and will be operating DAILY into August for one of our longest seasons in history," the resort said on its website. "When will this endless winter end? We don't have that answer yet, but we do know that the skiing and riding is all-time right now."

The snowpack throughout the Sierra rivals, and in places exceeds, records set during the massive winter of 1982-83. As of June 6, the amount of snow on the ground in the central Sierra region was twice as much as usual, marking its biggest June snowpack in decades, the California Department of Water Resources said.

Comment: See also: It's June, but there are still massive piles of snow on Trail Ridge Road, Colorado

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Attention

Two farmers killed by elephants as herd storms through village in Tanzania


Coastweek.com
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:13 UTC
charging elephants
Two people were killed in a wild elephant attack in the Tanzania central region of Singida on Monday, police said.

Debora Magiligimba, Singida Regional Police Commander, said that a group of 32 elephants stormed the remote village of Musimi in Ikungi District, killing two farmers.

She said the incident occurred on Monday morning around 10 a.m.

The situation caused mayhem in the village as most people were puzzled to learn that the largest mammals were in the village, the regional police chief said.

Magiligimba further said the elephants might have strayed from either Maswa Game Reserve or Kigosi and Kizigo Game Reserves.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills three family members in Rajasthan, India


DNA
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:19 UTC
lightning
Three members of a family were killed as lightning struck a tree under which they had taken shelter in the Jagdishpura village falling under the Khanpur police station in Jhalawar district today.

Yogendra Nagar (40), his wife Sugna Bai and their son Lokendra (13), who were working in the fields, had taken shelter under a tree when they were struck by thunderbolts, SHO Khanpur, Surjeet Tholiya, said.

He said that the couple had two sons, of which one died in the natural calamity.

After post-mortem the bodies were handed over for the last rites, the official said.

Source: Press Trust of India

Comment: On the same day in another district of India a man and his daughter were killed by lightning in Rajouri.

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Sun

Solar activity headed toward 100-year low

David Archibald
WattsUpWithThat
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:24 UTC
Flux 2014 – 2017

Figure 1: F10.7 Flux 2014 – 2017
The F10.7 flux shows that over the last three and a half years the Sun has gone from solar maximum through a bounded decline to the current stage of the trail to minimum. Solar minimum is likely to be still three years away.

Comment: While activists scream bloody murder over any confrontation to the doctrine of global warming, they should obviously be much more concerned with the very real impending challenges of global cooling!

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Ice Cube

Arctic Sea Ice Expanded in May - and in the unlikely place of Barents Sea

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:34 UTC
May Northern Hemisphere ice map

Light blue line shows 2017 ice extent
As of May 15, sea ice in the Barents Sea was growing like crazy. "Something surprising is happening with Arctic ice," wrote Ron Clutz. "It is May and ice should be melting, but instead it is growing and in the unlikely place of Barents Sea." "In recent days 2017 NH ice extents have grown way above average." The ice is refusing to leave Newfoundland, says Clutz. And instead of backing down in the Barents Sea, it is increasing. See map showing ice growth.
Barents Sea ice
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Attention

Shark attacks spearfisherman off Boca Chica Key, Florida; captured on video

David Strege
Grind TV
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 13:52 UTC
Shark attacks
A spearfisherman wearing a head camera captured the intense moment an 8-foot reef shark attacked him and took a bite out of his leg Sunday near Middle Samo Reef off Boca Chica in the Florida Keys.

The unidentified spearfisherman posted video of the incident on his YouTube Channel called Over the Edge on Tuesday and wrote, "this clearly could have been much worse." Warning for a couple of expletives at the end and the wound itself:

The spearfisherman said the shark came out of nowhere. While holding a black grouper he had speared, the spearfisherman appeared to point at the shark at the 14-second mark. Fifteen seconds later the shark was near the surface and in clear view in the video.

"He first went at my dive buddy Justyn but immediately turned toward me," the victim wrote. "He first bit my left fin then took a chunk out of the right one before biting my leg and cutting the speargun line.

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Cloud Precipitation

Great Lakes' water levels way above normal, Lake Erie inches away from record high

Kelly Reardon
cleveland.com
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 06:39 UTC
Great Lakes
© NASA
The Great Lakes' water levels are surging way above normal.
Lake Erie's water levels are the highest they've been since 1998, and will remain 4 to 9 inches above normal through November.

The latest reading measured just 7.32 inches below the all-time record high set in 1986. Within the next week, the level could increase to just 6 inches below that record.

The high water is due to the recent heavy rain and months of snow melt surging into the lake. In May, Lake Erie received 150 percent of its typical rainfall, and it hasn't gone unnoticed. Some locals have complained about the rising tides along beaches and piers, but no physical damage has been reported along the Erie coastline.

The rest of the Great Lakes are also higher than normal.
Great Lakes water level chart
© US Army Corp of Engineers/Detroit
Great Lakes' current water levels compared to historical parameters.
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Cloud Grey

Equal coldest start to winter on record for Adelaide, Australia

Sarah Scopelianos
abc.net.au
Wed, 31 May 2017 10:27 UTC
ABC Radio conducted an icy pole test in Adelaide to see how cold it was this morning.
© Spence Denny
ABC Radio conducted an icy pole test in Adelaide to see how cold it was this morning.
Did you think the first day of winter felt a little nippy? Well, if you were in Adelaide it wasn't all in your head because the city has shivered through its coldest start to the season with the temperature dropping to just 2.9 degrees Celsius.

Duty forecaster Paul Bierman confirmed the city had its equal coldest June 1 on record, a temperature not seen since 1943.

"The minimum temperature at Kent Town got down to 2.9 degrees at 6:44am this morning. It has already started to warm up slightly, we're up to 3.3 degrees," he said just before 8:00am.

He said a cold front that moved across the state earlier in the week combined with overnight light winds and clear skies to produce the chilly morning.

"[We're going to have] very cold mornings right through until at least next Sunday ... around 3 or 4C," Mr Bierman said.
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Cheese

Thousands of rats invade villages in Myanmar (Burma)


Phys Org
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 09:58 UTC
Dead rats are piling up in Irrawaddy Division’s Ngapudaw Township as locals try to control infestations in a handful of villages
© Ministry of Information
Dead rats are piling up in Irrawaddy Division’s Ngapudaw Township as locals try to control infestations in a handful of villages
Thousands of rats have descended on villages on an island in southern Myanmar, a local official said on Tuesday, in what some have taken to be an ill omen of impending disaster.

Residents of Haingyi island, one of the larger islands in the Irrawaddy Delta, have been battling the plague of rodents since the critters scurried into their villages over the weekend.

Short of pied pipers, desperate authorities have resorted to paying residents 50 kyat (four US cents) for each dead animal in a bid to contain the outbreak.

"More than 4,000 rats have been killed since they tried to enter the villages," regional MP Phyo Zaw Shwe told AFP.

"According to traditional beliefs, these animals can predict bad weather. So people here are also worried about floods or earthquakes."

Studies by Japanese scientists have shown mice and rats are sensitive to electromagnetic waves similar to what often occurs before a major earthquake—although there has been no notable seismic activity in Myanmar the last few days.
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