// TRANSMISSION LOG
WEATHER BLOG
Weekly dispatches from 16bitbot. Space weather, severe storms, weather phenomena, and climate records.
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Paleoclimate: What the Vostok Ice Cores Recorded
Air trapped at Vostok Station 160,000 years ago held 190 ppm of CO2 against today's 420. How ice cores, isotopes and proxies reconstruct climate.
Ocean Currents and Heat Transport: Bergen vs Anchorage
Bergen averages 2°C in January while Anchorage, at the same latitude, averages -10°C. The Gulf Stream, the AMOC, and what a slowdown would change.
Historical Weather: Tambora and the Year Without a Summer
Mount Tambora's 1815 eruption cooled the Northern Hemisphere by up to 0.7°C and wrecked the 1816 growing season across Europe and New England.
Arctic Sea Ice Loss and the Albedo Feedback Loop
The Arctic has lost 2.5 million square kilometers of September sea ice since 1979. How the albedo gap turns that loss into further warming.
Ocean Heat Transport: Why Bergen Beats Anchorage
Bergen, Norway sits at 60.4° N — roughly the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska.
The Cryosphere: Ice, Permafrost and Arctic Amplification
The 2012 Arctic sea ice minimum of 3.41 million square kilometers as a way into ice-albedo feedback, permafrost carbon and Arctic amplification.