hi yall,
it's been a few days since i posted. i've been practicing what i preach, that is, i've watched and listened and kept my mouth shut when i had nothing nice or important to say. bear with me as i wax poetic.
for some of you, i am ringing a familiar bell or chime. for others, i am scratching my fingernails on a blackboard.
we don't contribute to this forum because the data and opinions are just interesting (at least i don't). we're here because we're horrified at the state of the sea ice and the tragedy it portends.
we all are trying to contribute to understanding what's happening now so that it may help us modify our future.
i've included a pic for reference in my contribution to a possible understanding leading to a solution.
pls feel free to suggest additions or omissions
Contributing factors of sea ice decline beyond the sun which ultimately drives all the others
all may be acute or chronic
all should be paid attention to when approaching extreme levels or timeframes.
pray when more than one happens at the same time
i offer no evidence, i cite no data, just a view of what i look at in no particular order of importance after the sun
O. the sun's heat and the weather it creates. last year's sunshine seemed extreme in the spring but not so much the rest of the melt season.
1. the CAB being attacked from underneath. insidious.
2. the extreme melt event currently occurring in the fram/greenland sea area.
3. the atlantification by gulf stream heat transfer to the far north
4. the heat imported from the Pacific in pulses that are much stronger than the occasional wind shift caused export. warm in, cool out.
5. the freshness of the top layer of liquid water in the Beaufort Sea and salinity levels elsewhere.
6. the sometimes export of ice thru the Nares and the continuous flow of cold water yr-round that is replaced in the CAB by warmer waters from the Atlantic and Pacific.
7. American and Russian exploitation of natural resources and the footprints they leave.
8. currents spreading the Atlantic warmth around the periphery, ie, as a kid, Novaya Zemlya (new land) was icebound all summer, this year, open water existed all winter on at least one side of the island
9 the melting of Greenland proper, it was extreme last year and may repeat, the cracks visible last year on its northern coast seem about to repeat.
10. the CAA, the last bastion of multiyear ice. it was extremely cold this past winter, but it is still fragile.
correct me, i'm sure i missed a few factors in melt analysis (the wind event in 2012), ie, tides as so recently cited by MOSAIC observations of its decaying effect on the sea ice in their location, but my aim is to ring an alarm bell and move us all to action rather than guessing what an out of control future may be.
ps, ty Neven for the years of intelligent guidance, the king is dead, long live the king, oren, who is sure to lead us to greater heights of understanding. ty in advance. moderating is not easy, this i know from years of experience as a sysop and moderator for microsoft. my hat is off to you and all the contributors to this forum, even binntho, love ya man. lol
td