“The North Pole is still there, and growing. BBC News reports that data from Europe’s Cryosat spacecraft shows that Arctic sea ice coverage was nearly 9,000 cubic kilometers (2,100 cubic miles) by the end of this year’s melting season, up from about 6,000 cubic kilometers (1,400 cubic miles) during the same time last year.
This came as a shock to researchers who saw Arctic sea ice coverage shrink to a documented low in 2012. However, now sea ice coverage has expanded to reach the sixth record low, according to AFP.”
Right, it’s up 50% after a “record low” last year, not a record high since 1979. It’s about 1.7 million sq km lower than 1979, according to the Cryosphere links I posted (assuming we can trust NOAA).
Any semantical argument is beside the point. The Arctic ice cap is 50% larger based on satellite data than last year. Your graphs just don’t tell the story of how big the ice coverage was last year at this time.
There’s no argument about that. The measurements by the satellites don’t lie. The article was correct when it said the ice cap is significantly larger (over 50%).
Period. The global warming government funded crowd is wrong.
There is no crisis.