Argiris Diamantis left an intriguing comment. Adding this to the cold in Greenland and the snows in Norway are these the opening shots of cold to come as our sun and surrounding ocean switch gear?
Ocean off Iceland Unusually Cold, No Mackerel. June 10, 2015
The Icelandic Marine Research Institute’s annual spring expedition from May 18 to 30 concluded that the ocean temperature off Iceland has not been lower in 18 years, or since 1997. The number of krill is below average and not a single mackerel was caught.
“In the past years we have always caught some mackerel, and especially last year. But now we didn’t see any,” Guðmundur J. Óskarsson, one of the institution’s specialists, who took part in the expedition, told Fréttablaðið.
Guðmundur stated that the ocean temperature from Southeast Iceland to the West Fjords has dropped by one to one-and-a-half degree Celsius. However, it can quickly increase if the air temperature increases substantially, he added.
Last month was the coldest May in Iceland in decades.
The expedition is part of the institute’s long-term study of the condition of the ocean around Iceland, the vegetation, krill and fish which exist there. Samples were taken in 110 locations.
http://icelandreview.com/news/2015/06/10/ocean-iceland-unusually-cold-no-mackerel
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29.05.2015 | Coldest May in Reykjavík in Decades
http://icelandreview.com/news/2015/05/29/coldest-may-reykjavik-decades
Lobster Prices Surge Due To Cold Ocean Temperatures
The Huffington Post | By Joe Satran Posted: 06/10/2015Over the past year-and-change, lobster prices have risen sharply since record catches in Maine pushed them to historic lows in 2012 and 2013.
CNN Money attributed the recent spike in prices to this winter’s unusually cold weather in the Northeast. The North Atlantic remains colder than it usually is at this time of year, so lobsters have, by and large, stayed out of reach of fishermen.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/10/lobster-prices-high-rise_n_7546062.html
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Heavy snow expected in Brooks Range, Alaska Range. Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015.
FAIRBANKS — Visitors to Denali National Park may get more than they bargained for today, as the National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the area.
The weather advisory went into effect at 6 p.m. Wednesday and was scheduled to last through noon today.
Snow topped the list of concerns precipitating the need for a weather advisory, according to meteorologists at the National Weather Service station in Fairbanks. Meteorologists estimate the park will receive 4 to 8 inches of snow.(..) Significant snowfall is also expected to the north, in the Brooks Range. The Weather Service put out another advisory Wednesday for snow in the western and central Brooks range. The Weather Service estimates as much as 12 inches of snow may fall in the central Brooks Range.
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/heavy-snow-expected-in-brooks-range-alaska-range/article_76118d30-0fab-11e5-b561-13ca2778b458.html