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Sea Ice Day 302

Published on October 30, 2014October 30, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 302 of 2014

Global Sea Ice Extent is 201,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 854,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -654,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. T

It Was Warmer in Medieval Warm Period

Published on October 29, 2014October 29, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

Read the whole thing here:

Warmest since, uh, the Medieval Warm Period

Sea Ice Day 301

Published on October 29, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

Global Sea Ice Day 300 – Highest Since 1999

Published on October 28, 2014October 28, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

The Arctic was warmer in the 11th and 5th century and both are higher than the 20th century average

Published on October 28, 2014October 28, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

The Third Warmest Arctic Century

Canadian Arctic Ice Retreats and Exposes Plant Life From Before 1550.

Published on June 7, 2013June 6, 2013 by sunshinehours12 Comments

Doesn’t this sound ominous! “ice” retreat” has “sharply accelerated since 2004”.

“Across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, widespread ice retreat during the 20th century has sharply accelerated since 2004.

In Sverdrup Pass, central Ellesmere Island, rapid glacier retreat is exposing intact plant communities

whose radiocarbon dates demonstrate entombment during the Little Ice Age (1550–1850 AD).”

Except …. doesn’t that mean the plant communities were thriving before 1550?

And that means the Medieval Warm Period existed. And that current ice melt is just a return to normal?

(h/t The Climate Scam)

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/05/22/1304199110.abstract