Arctic References

Note: These references are for an example NGO climate ‘fact sheet’ by PIRC. We are minded to produce a set of these, around 12, including topics such as heatwaves, flooding, droughts, ice shelf collapses, species extinction, etc. We are keen for feedback on whether they would be a useful resource for campaigners / media officers, email: rich@pirc.info.

  1. Screen and Simmonds (2010), The central role of diminishing sea ice in recent Arctic temperature amplification. Nature, 464, 1334-1337.
  2. Arctic Sea Ice Shatters All Previous Record Lows, NISDC, October 1, 2007.
  3. Rate of ice melt shocks warming experts, MSNBC, November 12, 2007.
  4. Arctic ice second-lowest ever; polar bears affected, Reuters, August 7, 2008.
  5. Arctic ice could be gone in five years, Telegraph, December 12, 2007.
  6. Scientists must rein in misleading climate change claims, Guardian, February 11, 2009.
  7. Betting on sea ice?, Stoat, Septemeber 16, 2007.
  8. IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007), Working Group I, Technical Summary p.73. PDF.
  9. Stroeve, et al. (2007), Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast. Geophysical Research Letters 34.
  10. Read a review of a recent study on this issue: Ballantyne et al. (2010), Significantly warmer Arctic surface temperatures during the Pliocene indicated by multiple independent proxies. Geology, 2010; 38: 603-606.
  11. The Copenhagen Diagnosis, 2009: Updating the world on the Latest Climate Science, The University of New South Wales Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC), November, 2010.
  12. September Sea Ice Outlook: June Report, SEARCH, June 22, 2010.
  13. Arctic sea ice: the data behind the climate change fightback, The Guardian, March 5, 2010.
  14. Scientists must rein in misleading climate change claims, Guardian, February 11, 2009.
  15. Arctic sea ice melting three times faster than projected, AP, May 1, 2007
  16. Arctic melt 20 years ahead of climate models, New Scientist, December, 19, 2008.
  17. Pause in Arctic’s melting trend, BBC News, September 17, 2009.
  18. Arctic Fact Sheet, Climate Depot, July 30, 2009.
  19. Sea Ice News #12, Steve Goddard on Watts Up With That, July 4, 2010.
  20. Stroeve, et al. (2007), Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast. Geophysical Research Letters 34.
  21. Huge Volcanoes May Be Erupting Under Arctic Ice, Fox News, July 02, 2008
  22. What was the sea ice lie before the satellite era?, NSIDC.