Temperature Lower Stratosphere (TLS) – 1979 to Present
Fun diversion – How long until Antarctic ice touches South America?
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/09/23/fun-diversion-how-long-until-antarctic-ice-touches-south-america/
At say 300,000 square miles growth per year (lets not forget, this year busted records by 600,000 square miles), and via my drastically simplified calculation, we could expect Antarctic ice to close the Drake passage in 36 years – by 2050.
Interestingly 2055 – 2060 is the peak of the coming Little Ice Age event predicted by Dr. Khabibullo Abdusamatov, head of the space research sector of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ astronomical observatory, in his press release in 2006.
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20060825/53143686.html