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Related: About this forumLarge Fractures Appearing In Sea Ice In Multiple Regions Across Arctic, Weeks Before Melt Season
Following more than two decades of Arctic sea ice thinning and melting, an unusual event just weeks before the start of the spring melt season is providing visual proof of how vulnerable the ice pack really is.
During the end of February and continuing into early March, large fractures in the sea ice were observed off the north coast of Alaska and Canada, from near Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic to Barrow, Ala., the northernmost city in the U.S.
The rapid climate change in the Arctic and sharp decline of sea ice has been attributed to manmade global warming, along with natural climate variability, and projections show the region becoming seasonally sea ice free by midcentury.
According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colo., this fracturing event appears to be related to a storm that passed over the North Pole on Feb. 8, 2013, creating strong off-shore ice motion. The event is unusual but not unheard of, as similar patterns were seen in early 2011 and 2008. However, the NSIDC said the fracturing this time is more extensive.
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Large Fractures Appearing In Sea Ice In Multiple Regions Across Arctic, Weeks Before Melt Season (Original Post)
hatrack
Mar 2013
OP
This winter has become tiresome...I'm longing for the coming of 'mud time'
HereSince1628
Mar 2013
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Demeter
(85,373 posts)1. Since the Midwest is stuck in January weather, I guess it balances
I fully expect glaciers over the Great Lakes after a few decades of this.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)2. This winter has become tiresome...I'm longing for the coming of 'mud time'
which is usually my least favorite time of the year
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)3. Balances?
I see no balance. I see a warp.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)4. I'm thinking First Law of Thermodynamics
Energy is neither created nor destroyed....just moved around...
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)5. I see.
CRH
(1,553 posts)6. Early for a breakup, ...
the equinox is only a week away, 24 hour sun. The show begins with a weaken ice floe. It will be interesting to watch the fluctuation of of atmospheric and water currents as 24 hour sun collides with more southern cold fronts.