#arctic sea ice

RealClimate: This month's open thread on climate topics. The annual ranking horse race is in full swing, discussions of extreme weather abound, Arctic sea ice is reaching it's annual minimum, and the future of evidence-based policy making seems dim.

RealClimate: This month's open thread on climate topics. The annual ranking horse race is in full swing, discussions of extreme weather abound, Arctic sea ice is reaching it's annual minimum, and the future of evidence-based policy making seems dim.

Arctic sea ice is basically gone from the Barents Sea and at record lows across the Atlantic Arctic, just as US funding cuts scale back the main system for tracking it.