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Arctic Sea Ice Extent Second Highest in 18 Years at the end of 2021, Now Close to 13 million square kilometers, while the Hudson Bay Finally Froze in the Last 2 weeks

December 31, 2021 by Renato R. Colucci

In December 2021 Arctic Sea Ice reached the second highest extent in 18 years

Arctic sea ice extent 2021 at the end of December is the highest in recent years and the 2nd highest in 18 years according to … Read more

Arctic Sea Ice froze at a Faster than Average pace through November, Now Already Close to 10 million square kilometers but the Hudson Bay is Almost Free of ice

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 by Renato R. Colucci

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Arctic sea ice extent 2021 is among the highest in recent years, thanks to a cool summer and autumn, particularly in the western Arctic Ocean. … Read more

An Umpteenth Wretched Year for Glaciers in the Alps, while a lot of Residual Winter Snow still Covered a few alpine sectors in early October

November 3, 2021 by Renato R. Colucci

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Although summer 2021 was extremely hot in the South East Alps with a value that ranks ninth among the hottest summers of the last 170 … Read more

The Polar Vortex South Shift is Such a Powerful Climatic Event to Trigger an Ice Age to Begin, and Already Happened Some Tens of Thousands of Years Ago

October 26, 2021 by Renato R. Colucci

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New research finds the global average temperature at 7.8°C (46°F) during the last glacial maximum with a polar vortex shifted south by many degrees of … Read more

The Very Last Thick Sea Ice of the Arctic Breaks while Severe Storms reach the Arctic, eventually supported by Sudden Stratospheric Warming

October 19, 2021October 17, 2021 by Renato R. Colucci

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While Arctic sea-ice declines, huge holes are opening in the so-called Last Ice Area north of Greenland and Ellesmere with increased frequency. Here, the oldest … Read more

Ice on Mars, Pluto, the Moon, Mercury, and Jupiter’s Moon Europa Reveals Extraordinary Frozen Worlds Out of the Earth in Our Solar System

October 14, 2021 by Renato R. Colucci

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Glacier-like forms, polar ice caps, and permafrost on Mars, farfetched ice caps of frozen nitrogen on Pluto, unexpected thick ice deposits on the Moon and … Read more

In Siberia, Giant Craters Sparked Dozens of Wild Theories About their Origins. Thawing Permafrost has Shaped the Largest of its Kind, The Batagaika Crater

October 2, 2021 by Renato R. Colucci

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A dramatic hole in the ground dominates the landscape of Yakutia, North-East Siberia, and keep growing at an accelerated rate. The Batagaika Crater is the … Read more

Grimsvotn volcano is on a yellow alert, with a nasty explosive attitude and a history of large ash clouds impacting the North Atlantic

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 by Andrej Flis

A smaller-scale lava eruption continues in Iceland, with little harm outside the eruption area. But a much larger volcano is currently getting close to an … Read more