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Destinations: The North Pool 25 Jul 2013 | 02:43 am
credit: NOAA's NP Theme Page
Drill Rig on Fire 25 Jul 2013 | 01:48 am
credit: U.S. Coast Guard The gas rig partially collapsed earlier this day, so far no human losses and no related sheen have been reported. The incident - close to the coast of Louisiana - is visible ...
New Polar Portal with Sea Ice Temperatures 21 Jun 2013 | 03:39 pm
Just launched this web site of Danish research institutions displays the results of their monitoring efforts in the Arctic. New to me is the above composite of sliding mean temperatures captured by th...
Sea Ice Melting Season started late, but not slow 17 Jun 2013 | 07:41 pm
It looks like someone pulled the trigger. While extent and area are still hundreds of thousands square kilometers behind 2012, Siberia and Alaska enjoy already sunny temperatures above 30°C. Also sea ...
What if ... 28 Apr 2013 | 06:49 am
... we never run out of oil, asks Charles C.Mann and 11,000 words later my impression is he avoids the answer on purpose. Instead he explores how the demand for cheap energy soaks like a parasitic dis...
Launches: ArcticTruth, Meereisportal 25 Apr 2013 | 06:49 pm
Two ambitious website launches appeared on my screen last week, both proving the Arctic moved again a step further into the center of public attention. arctictruth.org, launched by Greenpeace, encour...
Chasing Ice 25 Apr 2013 | 05:00 am
Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of climate change. Using time-lapse cameras, his videos compress years into seconds and cap...
Google Outage 17 Apr 2013 | 09:30 pm
As parts of arctic.io rely on Google services there are currently some interruptions. This includes the split zoom feature and in part the near real time satellite maps. I'm sorry for that. This statu...
Fund Me, Maybe? 11 Apr 2013 | 06:56 pm
Hilarious video made by scientists at the 221st meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Long Beach, CA as part of #hackAAS. Hopefully the US budget sequestration bypasses Arctic science, altho...
