Hmmmn.
And, from 1992 through the middle of 2015, the Antarctic sea ice was steadily growing, all during the same period global CO2 levels increased by more than 1/3. Odd that.
In fact, in June 2014, the Antarctic seaa ice anomaly - the daily difference of that day’s sea ice area from its 30 year average, was 2.16 million sq kilometers - an area greater than the entire area of Greenland!
Shortly thereafter, those same researchers from the University of Illinois Cryosphere Center who had been tracking the Antarctic Sea ice were retired out, and replaced by new people. The Antarctic sea ice area reports stopped from Cryosphere stopped after those retirements, and the new values from the “more reliable” federal center at NSIDC Boulder CO dropped 1.5 million sq kilometers. In 2 months.
Funny that.