Polar storm

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Via Neil Bennett, via NASA, via some guy behind a NASA desk, via some satellite
NASA - Summer Storm Spins Over Arctic http://t.co/l0TVi8Yv via @NASA

[Storm Wolf Profile Website]

Wow.

“It seems that this storm has detached a large chunk of ice from the main sea ice pack. This could lead to a more serious decay of the summertime ice cover than would have been the case otherwise, even perhaps leading to a new Arctic sea ice minimum,” said Claire Parkinson, a climate scientist with NASA Goddard. “Decades ago, a storm of the same magnitude would have been less likely to have as large an impact on the sea ice, because at that time the ice cover was thicker and more expansive.”

NASA

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Santa was pissed, he just put the washing out.






Sorry to bring the tone of the thread down..