Posted on 03/31/2010 7:54:23 AM PDT by milwguy
This is one story which will never be written by the MSM, and one thing Gore and the current envirowackos who run the gov't in DC do NOT want you to know about.
As most people know, the Arctic sea ice grows and wanes with the seasons, and in recent summers, has fallen far below its 'historical' (1979-2000) averages. This has prompted the likes of Al Gore to claim the North Pole would be ice free in the summer within a decade or so.
A funny thing is happening on the way to the ice free Arctic, and that is the ice has been recovering each year since about 2005.
This winter is particualarily interesting because those who follow such mundane things as maximum Arctic ice extent know that the ice in the northern hemisphere around the pole usually reaches its maximum extent around March 6. After that date, as the days get longer and the sun rises higher in the sky, the temps rise and the ice starts its inevitable melt.
On March 8, 2010, the maximum Arctic sea ice extent was 14,375,000 KM2 (square kilometers). Most people thought that after the 8th, the ice would stop growing and begin its usual melt. I was of the opinion that the maximum would come later this year because of very cold temps around the Arctic, from Barrow, AK, to Iqaluit Ca, to Siberia. In addition the AO has switched and winds are favorable for more ice to remain bottled up in the Arctic. Lo and behold, after March 8, the sea ice kind of stabilized, and in the last week we have seen a spurt of growth. Yesterday, JAXA reported sea ice extent of 1,405,781 KM2.
What makes this very significant is that the fact the ice is growing LATER into the year, at a time when it is typically shrinking, means the melt season will be shorter this year. This March 30 max annual ice extent is the latest annual max ice extent. If you look at the chart on the link for the last ten years, you will see 2003 had more ice as of today, but by the end of March it was shrinking rapidly. In another day or two, there will be more ice in the Arctic than has been there on April 1 in a decade.
You will never see the MSM admit the ice is recovering, because how can you promote cap and tax if the world will not drown as a result of melting polar ice caps. Mother Nature is having the last word, and please pass this info along to your friends. Don't let them and their children be deluded into thinking the polar bears are drowning.
I hear that the polar bears are all out of shape because they aren’t getting enough swimming exercise.
But can they prove that the white areas they are measuring are not dead polar bears floating on the surface?
Thanks for posting that graph. It is a great illustration that even Al Gore can understand about the recovery in ice this year. If the AO stays in its current phase, along with a cold PDO and a disappearing El Nino, the warmists will be freezing their behinds off along with the rest of us next winter.
Cooling is warming, Michelle Obama is a fitness role model and Obamacare is freedom. Oh, and Pelosi is a sex symbol. There is absolutely no lie that is so absurd and outlandish that it can’t be perpetuated by the mainstream media.
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Thanks ES
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Actually, one other year (in the total 38 year record) peaked on March 31st - that was 1999.
Jaxa’s prelim data for March 31st is out and it is down by 13K. They often adjust the prelim number higher so have a look tomorrow morning.
The evidence of a new cooling phase in the northern hemisphere continues to expand.
Update, Jaxa has March 31st higher than March 30th so 2010 is officialy tied for the record latest annual max extent.
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