Me thinks not.
Posted on 04/25/2010 1:27:20 PM PDT by Signalman
You gotta love it when the Earth gives back the love, especially today.
Those who have been following NSIDC and JAXA sea ice plots have noted that this has been an extraordinary year so far, with Arctic sea ice hitting the “normal” line on some datasets. Today the Earth gave back more for us.
As of today, JAXA shows that we have more ice than any time on this date for the past 8 years of Aqua satellite measurement for this AMSRE dataset. Yes, it isn’t much, but if this were September, and the sea ice minimum was down by this much compared to all other years, you can bet your sweet bippy we’d see it screamed in news headlines worldwide.
Of course some will argue that it “doesn’t matter” in the context of trend, or that it’s just a “weather” blip. Let us remind our friends of such blips the next time a heat wave or a storm is cited as proof of global warming.
What can be said about the short term trend in Arctic sea ice is that for the past two years, it has recovered from the historic low of 2007. It recovered in 2008, and more in 2009. If today’s Earth Day gift is any indication, it appears that it is on track now for a third year of recovery in 2010 as we’ve been saying at WUWT since fall of 2009.
I’d show NSIDC’s current Arctic Sea Ice graph also, but their website was down earlier today, and the current sea ice graph is not updated. But Steve Goddard has made some comparison overlays that are interesting.
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Bu..bu...but, the mainstream media says it’s melting!/s
Bu..bu...but, the mainstream media says it’s melting!/s
Ummmm..., it is melting... that's what happens when we progress towards summer, doncha know ... LOL ...
Gotta, just gotta be Bush’s fault!
Yes, but is it the right amount of sea ice?
Is it too much?
There must be an exact right amount of sea ice just as there is an exact right temperature for earth.
I wouldn’t celebrate yet. This could still be very, very bad news.
This is cause by local cooling.
ping.
SEE????!!! It’s working!!
Me thinks not.
No way!
Acid rain from the '70's caused this!
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