SEA ICE EXTENT vs THICKNESS (and the problem of multi-year ice)

“Indeed, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Western economic sanctions intensified, significantly reducing ship traffic through Russian waters.”

It’s random and funny how the Ukraine “WAR” has put a CONE OF SILENCE on the Arctic Sea since 2022, add in COVID? – since 2020 … Right around the time Igor P. Semiletov said “FUCK” (2019) as he was perusing the methane plumes in the Arctic Sea.

Link: https://www.newsweek.com/methane-boiling-sea-discovered-siberia-1463766

And then there’s this weird website: https://www.itistheend.com/

UNINSURABLE: the fat canary in the coalmine sing-a-long …

Here are some good markers of immanent collapse:

  1. price of healthy animal protein (eggs, chicken, beef, pork, fish, etc). Price spikes and shortages won’t be pretty.
  2. price of diesel fuel (the world economy runs on diesel). this has an impact on everything else, to include number 1 above.
  3. and whether or not an insurance company will INSURE you.

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/climate-insurers-are-worried-the-world-could-soon-become-uninsurable-.html