In a compelling article on the What’s Up With That website, Anthony Watts poses a great question. “Arctic Sea Ice about to hit ‘normal’ – what will the news say?” Don’t take my word for it; Anthony is a former television meteorologist with 25 years of experience.
Now he had a bit of help from the folks at The National Snow and Ice Data Center. NSIDC “is part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. NSIDC supports research into our world’s frozen realms: the snow, ice, glaciers, frozen ground, and climate interactions that make up Earth’s cryosphere. Scientific data, whether taken in the field or relayed from satellites orbiting Earth, form the foundation for the scientific research that informs the world about our planet and our climate systems” according to their website.
Most of us know that the natural earth cycle is one of ebb and flow, freeze and thaw. Outside of the hysteria of Climate Gate/Global Warming theatre, it’s just nice to read every so often that the Polar Bears might be ok after all.
Wondering how the media will spin this report? Me too!
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We just published a story on Arctic hunters from different regions studying sea ice changes, and adapting to them: http://eyeonthearctic.rcinet.ca/en/news/canada/44-environment/80-sea-ice
We are also working on a video story talking about the fact that the Inuit are saying that the polar bear population is increasing, not decreasing – should be on the site in about two weeks.