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Global sea ice extent is 678,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Sea Ice Update June 11 2014
Thanks to Kingbum for this link
Thanks to Kingbum for this link
© Martin Briggs, US Geological SurveyNew permafrost is forming around Twelvemile Lake in Alaska.
How did they come to that conclusion? Computer modeling, of course. It's amazing what you can make a computer do.
Some Alaskan lakes have shrunk since the 1950s, while others have expanded, says a recent article in Live Science. "Earlier studies suggest that melting permafrost plays a role in the shifting lake sizes," the article explains. "For example, lakes may drain away when the shallow permafrost below them thaws, like opening the drain in a tub .... where permafrost is thicker and melts more slowly, lakes may grow as the melting ice adds to their extent."
In other words, it makes no difference whether those lakes expand or shrink, it's still caused by global warming.
The ground is thawing? Blame global warming. The ground is freezing? Blame global warming.
As I said, it's amazing what you can make a computer do.
© Winsconsin DNR
DNR Marine Warden Amie Egstad spotted the floating ice - which was covered in resting seagulls - while doing a routine check of commercial nets in the largest of the Great Lakes.
Comment: So much for 'global warming'! Considering the extremely cold winter and the unprecedented ice cover on the Great Lakes this winter, it's hardly surprising to see icebergs still floating on the lake:
Why it's a big deal: Half of the Great Lakes are still covered in ice
Drastically cold temperatures create greatest ice cover on the Great Lakes in 20 years
Ice Age Cometh: Great Lakes ice cover spreading rapidly - Lake Superior sets new record
"We're a couple weeks shy of the official start to summer, but we won't be offended if you don't quite believe us," says the weather network.
Saturday morning (June 7) saw temperatures hovering around zero - yes, zero - degrees (32 F), as overnight temperatures plunged to uncomfortably cold levels.
Thanks to Argiris Diamantis and Terry Homeniuk for link
Here's more proof that even Canadians are surprised at the change in climate patterns...summers 2 weeks away and its still a winter wonderland!!!
Snow in June? Warning issued for northern Manitoba
Thanks to John Topal for this link
Chile, 06-06-2014: The snow that fell on Route 90 at the entrance of Pichilemu during the afternoon on Friday was "unusual," said La Primera Compañía de Bomberos (the First Fire Company) on its Twitter account
The phenomenon not only surprised the transiting area, but also the Chilean Meteorological Office who listed the snowstorm as an "anomaly".
According to meteorologist Patricio Silva "we had expected snowfall above 1,000 meters, but not in the coastal zone".
NASA is blowing more 'meteor-smoke' in our eyes regarding the year's first (northern hemisphere) appearances of noctilucent clouds (NLCs) on May 24th. NASA outlet spaceweather.com claims:
Rising methane from below, the alleged exclusive result of human industrial activity, is NOT responsible for noctilucent clouds. Increasing atmospheric methane levels are primarily due to methane being released from deep under the oceans.
Increased NLCs are a 'canary in a coal mine' alright, but not in the way Official Science would have us believe.
Seeded by meteor smoke and boosted by the climate-change gas methane, noctilucent clouds have been spreading beyond the Arctic.
© Noel BlaneyJune 6th, 2014: Electric-blue NLCs over Bangor, Northern Ireland
Increased NLCs are a 'canary in a coal mine' alright, but not in the way Official Science would have us believe.
Environment Canada says the town received up to five centimeters of snow today.
Temperatures are expected to rise above zero this afternoon, and the snow will turn to rain.
© Carmen Gansevles
"Although snow this time of year is not unheard of for this region, some localized areas have received so much that today's accumulation in a few areas is quite rare," says Global BC meteorologist Kristi Gordon.
Chetwynd resident Carmen Gansevles says they sometimes get snow over May long weekend, but almost never in June.
She says they started getting flurries earlier this morning and there is now three inches of snow in her backyard.
© Twitter/@Jcow
Hailstones the size of baseballs pummeled the state with devastating effect Tuesday, producing a social media storm flooded with images of the aftermath of the freak hail, showing cracked windshields and houses riddled with holes.
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© APBeluga whales are rarely sighted in Scottish waters.
The NMS was contacted to identify the rotting remains washed up on Lunan beach, north of Arbroath.
DNA samples were sent off along with the mammal's skull and teeth and experts were thrilled with the results.
The whale is only the second specimen of beluga the museum has received - and the last one dates back to a stranding in the Firth of Forth in 1815.
Zena Timmons, assistant curator of vertebrates at NMS, helped to identify the animal after it was found by volunteers from the Keilor Trust and members of the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme. She said: "Staff from the Natural Sciences department at National Museums Scotland identified a specimen washed up at Lunan Bay as a beluga whale.
Comment: Alaska wildfire is bigger than Chicago