Talk:Climate of the Arctic

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A fact from Climate of the Arctic appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 December 2007. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the first major effort to study the climate of the Arctic was undertaken during the First International Polar Year in 1882-83? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/December.

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• This article is currently of high importance due to economics; with the arctic countries remapping their boundaries to drill perchance for oil with the polar ice cap shrinkage, less ice problems and warmer arctic climate.

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1. Arctic Climate Impact Assessment ]
2. Arctic
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4. Polar ice cap -
5. Effects of climate change on marine mammals
6. International Arctic Research Center
7. Territorial claims in the Arctic
8. Arctic ecology

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Good luck and Kind Regards SriMesh | talk 22:08, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"The results highlighted that for around 1900 years temperatures steadily dropped, caused by fluctuations in the earth's orbit that pushed the planet slightly further away from the sun and culminated in a period of mini ice ages during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. However, during the last 100 years temperatures have begun rising, despite the fact that the earth has moved no nearer to the sun." The writing here is wrong, the conclusions would be laughed at in serious scientific circles and it is wildly inappropriate to allow this to be published, even with references. Studies show proximity to the sun are not highly determinative of temperature as may be seen in tracking the temperature of the eccentric Pluto. I do not have the expertise to write this, but I can spot a mistake. DDB (talk) 06:20, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We live on a planet third in line from the sun. I should think any distance from the sun, be it closer or farther, would constitute a significant change planet temperature. (And By significant I mean measurable in any sense) If you disagree with the fully-referenced sources I recommend you look around for other sources that dispute it. 07:59, 6 September 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackal Killer (talk • contribs)

I've tried to clarify this section. The Science article refers to changes in the precession leading to earth being closer to the sun in arctic summer, rather than the earth simply getting closer to the sun (the average distance hasn't changed). Some of the news articles didn't state this clearly, which is the problem with relying on the news articles rather than the original publication as a source. I've brought the statements in line with the original Science article and added that as a reference in more places, while keeping the news refs since they are easier for most people to access, and they get the general point right. StephenHudson (talk) 10:07, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Research from U.S. space agency NASA this week suggested that the Arctic ice cap could be losing around 15 to 17 percent of its mass per decade.

from Celebrities back Greenpeace campaign to protect Arctic June 21, 2012 Scientific American

108.73.113.91 (talk) 09:06, 6 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The graphs of duration of daylight seem to contradict each other. Which one is the good one? The captions are not clear about it, and seem to present one as the duration of the day (which is always 24 hours, no?) and the duration of daylight (which seems more appropriate). In general, they have the same pattern, but angles are much more pronounced in the top one (duration of day), and the latitudes seem slightly different between the two graphs as well. Clarification is needed! CielProfond (talk) 21:01, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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