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March 15th 05, 04:18 PM
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Sea ice reaches Iceland
This aftrenoon's noaa16 image shows that drift ice has reached the northwest
coast of Iceland. The area can be seen on: http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...57-f-ic-n.html -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Satellite images at: www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html |
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March 15th 05, 06:14 PM
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Sea ice reaches Iceland
sorry to sound stupid, but what does this mean?
More ice caps melting? "Bernard Burton" wrote in message ... This aftrenoon's noaa16 image shows that drift ice has reached the northwest coast of Iceland. The area can be seen on: http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...57-f-ic-n.html -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Satellite images at: www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html |
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March 15th 05, 06:14 PM
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Sea ice reaches Iceland
sorry to sound stupid, but what does this mean?
More ice caps melting? "Bernard Burton" wrote in message ... This aftrenoon's noaa16 image shows that drift ice has reached the northwest coast of Iceland. The area can be seen on: http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...57-f-ic-n.html -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Satellite images at: www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html |
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March 15th 05, 06:14 PM
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Sea ice reaches Iceland
sorry to sound stupid, but what does this mean?
More ice caps melting? "Bernard Burton" wrote in message ... This aftrenoon's noaa16 image shows that drift ice has reached the northwest coast of Iceland. The area can be seen on: http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...57-f-ic-n.html -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Satellite images at: www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html |
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March 15th 05, 06:14 PM
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Sea ice reaches Iceland
sorry to sound stupid, but what does this mean?
More ice caps melting? "Bernard Burton" wrote in message ... This aftrenoon's noaa16 image shows that drift ice has reached the northwest coast of Iceland. The area can be seen on: http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...57-f-ic-n.html -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Satellite images at: www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html |
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March 15th 05, 10:59 PM
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Sea ice reaches Iceland
Stuart
I don't think it necessarily means anything except that this winter's circulations patterns (surface winds) have tended to concentrate sea ice in this area. There are other areas in the polar region that normally have sea ice at this time of year and don't have any this year. We have had higher pressure than normal over the mid atlantic during much of the late winter and this has produced a lot more south-westerly winds than normal along the south-east coast of Greenland. The sea ice that has formed in this area has been shovelled (technical term there) north-east to meet the ice that pushes down from the north along the east Greenland coast and it has all ended bunched up near Iceland, hence the "ice bridge". If this is accepted as the first Greenland / Iceland ice bridge since 1968/69 (or whenever, I think that is a disputed date) then no doubt the global warming lobby will start saying that it was caused by global warming whilst the anti-global warming lobby will say it's proof that it isn't happening. IMHO unless you happen to be trying to circumnavigate Iceland at present the significance of this is pretty close to zero. It's interesting news to be sure, but it doesn't have to mean anything. Martin Guernsey "Stuart Turrell" wrote in message ... sorry to sound stupid, but what does this mean? More ice caps melting? "Bernard Burton" wrote in message ... This aftrenoon's noaa16 image shows that drift ice has reached the northwest coast of Iceland. The area can be seen on: http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...57-f-ic-n.html -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Satellite images at: www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html |
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March 15th 05, 10:59 PM
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Sea ice reaches Iceland
Stuart
I don't think it necessarily means anything except that this winter's circulations patterns (surface winds) have tended to concentrate sea ice in this area. There are other areas in the polar region that normally have sea ice at this time of year and don't have any this year. We have had higher pressure than normal over the mid atlantic during much of the late winter and this has produced a lot more south-westerly winds than normal along the south-east coast of Greenland. The sea ice that has formed in this area has been shovelled (technical term there) north-east to meet the ice that pushes down from the north along the east Greenland coast and it has all ended bunched up near Iceland, hence the "ice bridge". If this is accepted as the first Greenland / Iceland ice bridge since 1968/69 (or whenever, I think that is a disputed date) then no doubt the global warming lobby will start saying that it was caused by global warming whilst the anti-global warming lobby will say it's proof that it isn't happening. IMHO unless you happen to be trying to circumnavigate Iceland at present the significance of this is pretty close to zero. It's interesting news to be sure, but it doesn't have to mean anything. Martin Guernsey "Stuart Turrell" wrote in message ... sorry to sound stupid, but what does this mean? More ice caps melting? "Bernard Burton" wrote in message ... This aftrenoon's noaa16 image shows that drift ice has reached the northwest coast of Iceland. The area can be seen on: http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...57-f-ic-n.html -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Satellite images at: www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html |
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March 15th 05, 10:59 PM
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Sea ice reaches Iceland
Stuart
I don't think it necessarily means anything except that this winter's circulations patterns (surface winds) have tended to concentrate sea ice in this area. There are other areas in the polar region that normally have sea ice at this time of year and don't have any this year. We have had higher pressure than normal over the mid atlantic during much of the late winter and this has produced a lot more south-westerly winds than normal along the south-east coast of Greenland. The sea ice that has formed in this area has been shovelled (technical term there) north-east to meet the ice that pushes down from the north along the east Greenland coast and it has all ended bunched up near Iceland, hence the "ice bridge". If this is accepted as the first Greenland / Iceland ice bridge since 1968/69 (or whenever, I think that is a disputed date) then no doubt the global warming lobby will start saying that it was caused by global warming whilst the anti-global warming lobby will say it's proof that it isn't happening. IMHO unless you happen to be trying to circumnavigate Iceland at present the significance of this is pretty close to zero. It's interesting news to be sure, but it doesn't have to mean anything. Martin Guernsey "Stuart Turrell" wrote in message ... sorry to sound stupid, but what does this mean? More ice caps melting? "Bernard Burton" wrote in message ... This aftrenoon's noaa16 image shows that drift ice has reached the northwest coast of Iceland. The area can be seen on: http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...57-f-ic-n.html -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Satellite images at: www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html |
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March 15th 05, 10:59 PM
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Sea ice reaches Iceland
Stuart
I don't think it necessarily means anything except that this winter's circulations patterns (surface winds) have tended to concentrate sea ice in this area. There are other areas in the polar region that normally have sea ice at this time of year and don't have any this year. We have had higher pressure than normal over the mid atlantic during much of the late winter and this has produced a lot more south-westerly winds than normal along the south-east coast of Greenland. The sea ice that has formed in this area has been shovelled (technical term there) north-east to meet the ice that pushes down from the north along the east Greenland coast and it has all ended bunched up near Iceland, hence the "ice bridge". If this is accepted as the first Greenland / Iceland ice bridge since 1968/69 (or whenever, I think that is a disputed date) then no doubt the global warming lobby will start saying that it was caused by global warming whilst the anti-global warming lobby will say it's proof that it isn't happening. IMHO unless you happen to be trying to circumnavigate Iceland at present the significance of this is pretty close to zero. It's interesting news to be sure, but it doesn't have to mean anything. Martin Guernsey "Stuart Turrell" wrote in message ... sorry to sound stupid, but what does this mean? More ice caps melting? "Bernard Burton" wrote in message ... This aftrenoon's noaa16 image shows that drift ice has reached the northwest coast of Iceland. The area can be seen on: http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...57-f-ic-n.html -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Satellite images at: www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html |
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March 16th 05, 06:30 AM
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Sea ice reaches Iceland
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:14:15 -0000, "Stuart Turrell"
wrote: sorry to sound stupid, but what does this mean? More ice caps melting? No. The opposite. It means the ice caps have expanded. Well, this winter anyway. It also means that we can expect a story in the not too distant future, when it melts, that a large ice flow, the size of Belgium, has broken free in the arctic ocean. Green. -- Email (ROT13) |
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