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The Greenland Ice sheet lost 18 billion tons of water in 3 days after unusually warm temperatures between July 15 and 17. Arctic Sea Ice extent is declining on its way to the September annual minimum

July 24, 2022July 23, 2022 by Renato R. Colucci

greenland ice sheet lost 18 billion tons water

Between 15 and 17 July, Greenland’s north-western ice sheet lost 6 million tons of water per day. This exceptional melting was caused by exceptionally high … Read more

Arctic sea ice extent continues the slow melting season in May tracking above levels not seen since 2013 while the meteorological summer just started

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 by Renato R. Colucci

arctic sea ice extent is above all levels since 2013

Arctic sea ice extent in May 2022 was 12.88 million square kilometers (4.97 million square miles) tracking above levels not seen since 2013. The Hudson … Read more

A Powerful Heatwave is Affecting a Large part of Antarctica with Unprecedented Warm Temperatures More than 40 degrees Above Average

March 20, 2022 by Renato R. Colucci

temperatures anomaly above 40 degrees during a powerful heatwave

The warmest temperature ever recorded in a permanent weather station of the Antarctic Plateau in 66 operational years has been reached during an unprecedented heatwave … Read more

Arctic sea ice extent suddenly interrupts a good growing season just close to the annual maximum as the polar vortex slows its bully influence in winter 2021-22. A heatwave is now in the Arctic while Antarctic sea ice set its lowest ever

March 16, 2022 by Renato R. Colucci

The Big melting is now starting after a decent growing season

Arctic sea ice extent, after growing along the winter season at a decent rate, suddenly started shrinking at the beginning of March. The average Arctic … Read more

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Set an All-time Record Low at the End of the Austral Summer with a Marked Negative Anomaly after a Season Dominated by Föhn Events.

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 by Renato R. Colucci

Antarctica set an all time record low in February

A warm summer in Antarctica and several strong föhn wind events smashed the Antarctic sea ice extent setting an all-time record low in 44 years … Read more

Arctic Sea Ice extent is the highest since 2009, now above 14 million square kilometers. On the other side of the pond, Antarctic Sea Ice at an all-time low.

March 2, 2022February 9, 2022 by Renato R. Colucci

Arctic sea ice extent in January 2022 kept growing at a decent rate, and it is actually the highest in the last 14 years, according … Read more

A Severe Foehn Storm disintegrated in a couple of days 400 square kilometers of Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice shelf giving now a free way to land ice

February 6, 2022 by Renato R. Colucci

severe foehn storm collapsed 400 square kilometers antarctica larsenb ice shelf plate

Rapid disintegration of part of the Larsen B ice shelf, already dramatically collapsed in 2002, occurred two weeks ago, between January 19-20, 2022. This breakup … Read more

Untangled the Abrupt Cooling of the Younger Dryas Event? In Greenland, the Hiawatha Glacier Hides a 31-kilometer-wide Impact Crater

January 4, 2022 by Renato R. Colucci

Regardless of its exact age, the asteroid had significant environmental consequences in the Northern Hemisphere and possibly at a global scale with billions of tons of ice vaporized within instant

In Greenland, the Hiawatha glacier hides a huge impact crater below the Ice Sheet. Regardless of its exact age, the asteroid had significant environmental consequences … Read more