Dust flux, Vostok ice core

Dust flux, Vostok ice core
Two dimensional phase space reconstruction of dust flux from the Vostok core over the period 186-4 ka using the time derivative method. Dust flux on the x-axis, rate of change is on the y-axis. From Gipp (2001).

Friday, September 27, 2019

We have passed this year's Arctic sea ice minimum

and what do we see?

This site informs us that we have tied with 2007 and 2016 for the second lowest sea ice extent in the satellite era--4.15 million sq km.

This gives us the wherewithal to update our phase space reconstruction of the sea ice extent.


We are near the middle of the same area of metastability we have been in since 2007. There is no way to tell how long we shall continue in this region of metastability; nor do we know if we will return to the higher region of stability occupied prior to 2004, or drop to another lower region of stability or fall to zero (as many disaster models predict).

All we can do is keep watch.