Late summer Arctic sea ice stable in the last 20 years!
Why are the climate ambulance chasers now way out in Nepal? The reason is that there’s little weather action anywhere else that would support the alarmist climate narrative – not even in the Arctic, says Pierre Gosselin.
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Date: 30 August 2026
Typically this time of the year you’ll find climate activists chasing hurricanes in the Atlantic basin, or hollering doomsday warnings way up in the Arctic.
Strangely, the alarmists have been mysteriously absent from the North Pole region for many years now. Al Gore’s warning (citing experts) of an ice free Arctic by 2013 never materialized. Here’s the August 27 Arctic sea ice extent since 1990:
Chart by NTZ. Data source: Meereisportal
The data show that late-summer Arctic sea ice has remained stable over the past two decades!
The post-2007 trend slope is only -0.01 million km²/year, a significant deceleration compared to the rapid loss rate of -0.105 million km² per year observed between 1990 and 2006. In a nutshell, Arctic sea ice late summer minimum has been stable for 20 years!
Record low burned area in Europe
And despite all the screaming from the media about Europe’s hot and dry summer, and raging forest fires, the data show very calm and encouraging conditions in terms of burned area for 2026 over Europe:
Source: GWIS
The reality is that burned area across Europe this summer has remained at a record low, and will likely remain on track to finish far below normal as rain sweeps over Europe again. Ths is inconvenient news for climate alarmists.
Low Atlantic cyclone activity this year
Also the hurricane season isn’t cooperating.
The next chart depicts the comparison of the 2026 Atlantic Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) –which tells us how frequent and strong hurricanes have been– against historical averages and notable El Niño analog years through late August.
Chart by NTZ. Source: https://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/Realtime/index.php?loc=northatlantic
2026 Atlantic cyclone energy has been only 11% of normal activity.
Now you know why the climate ambulance-chasers have all gone to Nepal.
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