Global Sea Ice Area Above Normal

Arctic Climate Research at the University of IIlinois ^ | 3/30/2012 | Anthony Watts

[brookwood]

Global Sea Ice has returned to above-normal levels.

[brookwood]

The sea ice area anomaly in the Arctic is -.23mm square kilometers (area 98% of normal), while the Antarctic anomaly is .408mm square kilometers (area 12% above normal). The Arctic sea ice level has not been above normal since 2005, so a complete recovery from the low of 2007 may be observed in the next few days. Also note that the anomaly is calibrated versus the 1979-2008 mean. Using the mean from 1979-2011, it is already above normal.

[InsidiousMongo]

I would love to get a copy of this since I am out of Kirkland toilet paper at my house!!

[driftdiver]

great, just great, how many polar bears will freeze to death now

[beethovenfan]

But...but...Algore says its all melting!

[FlingWingFlyer]

It looks like the islanders are going to have more real estate they’ll be able to sell. LOL!

[hinckley buzzard]

Ah, the Great Cooling has begun.

[Red Badger]

So, I can’t start my banana plantation in Tennessee yet?...........

[saganite]

Not according to this chart.

http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_stddev_timeseries.png

[MissMagnolia]

Not by fire, but by ice ............

(there is a book by that name that is fascinating reading - not Algore approved)

[Blado]

Great News! Now I can move ahead with my investment plans to open up a chain of Kentucky Fried Penguins down south.

[Adder]

That glowbull warming is insidious stuff!

[cicero2k]

So when can I get my dredge up to Nome?

[aquila48]

“See, we told you. Climate IS changing.”

[HereInTheHeartland]

I am raising venture capital for the Upper Midwest Citrus Growers Commission; and I say these are all lies.

[molson209]

But...but...Algore says its all melting!

The other day Algore added 5 years to his end of the world date , now it’s 8 years or so , give or take ,maybe ,maybe not the end of the world

[Mr. Lucky]

Your chart conveniently leaves out any consideration of sea ice coverage during the past decade in determining the average.

[mc5cents]

From the NSIDC site: "Through their research, our scientists help further understanding of the many changes that our planet is undergoing."

That or planet is undergoing. Sounds like an agenda being undertaken there. An objective scientist would have better phrased it, "that our planet undergoes" rather than IS undergoing. After all, the planet has undergone and is undergoing changes since the big bang. Just MHO.

[saganite]

I know. Using an average of the past decade lowers the average coverage and makes it appear as if we are recovering to normal conditions. Using longer term data when the average coverage was higher is a truer measure of whether or not ice coverage is returning to normal.

[cuban leaf]

—That or planet is undergoing.—

They are just stating the obvious there. Nothing in nature is static.

[Bulwinkle]

Like like you post was ‘Arctic ‘ sea ice, not global sea ice.

Global Sea Ice
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/global.daily.ice.area.withtrend.jpg

[Bulwinkle]

Like like you post was ‘Arctic ‘ sea ice, not global sea ice.

Global Sea Ice
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/global.daily.ice.area.withtrend.jpg

[backwoods-engineer]

Does this mean that Pres**ent Trayvon Obama made the sea go down and our planet begin to heal? /s

[brookwood]

There are 2 measures, “area” and “extent”. The “extent” is the portion where the sea ice is 15% or greater. The “area” is just the portion which is 100% covered. Also there are measurements from different groups, U. of Illinois, NSIDC (National Snow and Ice Data Center)and the Danish Meterological Institute (which is above average now). Plus the graph in your link is just the Arctic - because the Antarctic is above normal it brings the GLOBAL area above normal.
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/global.daily.ice.area.withtrend.jpg