Did you know that the Arctic Sea Ice Extent is only 1.4% lower than the 1981 – 2010 mean?
NSIDC data says that on March 19 (day 78) Arctic Sea Ice Extent was 15.09 million sq km. The mean for 1981-2010 for day 78 is 15.30 million sq km.
Wow. Only 1.4% below normal. Has that made the news?
Arctic Data from here.
Day 73 (March 14) had Antarctic Sea Ice Extent set its 8th daily record – the 5th in a row.
2013 broke the old record from 2008 by 32,420 sq km. 2008 had broken the previous record (2001) by 240,070 sq km.
2008 was an amazing year for Antarctic Sea Ice. Did you know that on day 1 in 2008, the old record was broken by 1,391,120 sq km which had occurred in 1996?
Too bad the NSIDC “scientists” ignore Antarctica. It would have made a great story.
The NSIDC and many other used the ozone hole as an “excuse” for why Antarctic Sea Ice Extent broke records this year.
“Both warming and ozone loss act to strengthen the circumpolar winds in the south. This is due primarily to persistently cold conditions prevailing on Antarctica year-round, and a cold stratosphere above Antarctica due to the ozone hole. Stronger winds generally act to blow the sea ice outward, slightly increasing the extent”
Guess what, WUWT tells us it was the 2nd smallest ozone hole in 20 years.
“The average area covered by the Antarctic ozone hole this year was the second smallest in the last 20 years, according to data from NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites.”
What a shock. The “scientists” excuses for more Antarctic Sea Ice was bogus.
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