Arctic Ice September 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011 - 12:20
in Earth & Climate
Arctic Ice September 2011My March 2011 forecasts were quite wide of the mark. For the first part of the Arctic summer much of the western Arctic saw lower than expected temperatures. Despite the low temperature start-off, the Arctic is about to see either the lowest ever end of season extent, or the 2nd lowest since 2007.In June, I wrote:Much depends on the Arctic weather, but it looks likely that the September ice minimum will be amongst the three lowest. If the melt in July and August proceeds as it has done on average over the last decade, then the 2007 record minimum may well be beaten.read more