As Neven points out today, things are cookin’ on top of the planet.

In particular, check this photo from one of the two Arctic cams I like to follow:

 



 

(Click the image for the full-size version.)

According to the NPEO Home Page, camera 2, the source of the above image, is currently at roughly 88.3° North.

There’s no need to freak out. All that water you see is surely nothing more than surface melt on top of a few meters of ice; the Arctic hasn’t degenerated that far (yet). But go read the post by Neven I linked to above, as he shows just how quickly things are going kablooie on top of our one and only planet.

And lest I forget the shameless plug part of this post, you can see the Arctic cams and oodles of other climate, weather, and energy related stuff at the recently overhauled Lou’s Quick Graphs.