Antarctic Sea Ice – Page 168

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Maximums

Published on September 10, 2014September 13, 2014 by sunshinehours118 Comments

2nd Update: New All-Time Record Set

Update: Now at 5th highest all time.

All the maximums for Antarctica. Of course 2014 may (or may not) climb higher. Click for full size.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 10 2014 – 23rd Highest Extent of All-Time

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Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 10 2014 – 982,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 252. Data here.

23rd Highest Extent of All-Time – Only 120,000 to go to set an all-time record.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 09 2014 – 168th Daily Record

Published on September 9, 2014September 9, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 09 2014 – 892,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 251. Data here.

168th daily record.

Antarctica , Sea Ice, Ice Sheets and Wind Excuses

Published on August 31, 2014August 31, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

Over at the LA Times they are making excuses for why there is record breaking sea ice in Antarctica.

One of the excuses is that “global warming is strengthening circumpolar winds”. There is very little evidence that “global warming” would actually increase wind. Any change in winds is tenuous and could be cyclic.

However, the trouble with that excuse is that an increase (or change caused by cycles like the AMO/PDO etc) in circumpolar wind in Antarctica would prevent snow accumulation and cause ablation of the ice surface which would then appear as “melting” and it would be nothing of the sort.