Sea Ice extent greater than average extent (Third week)

University of Ilinois ^ | March 21, 2013 | Universtity of Ilinois

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The high-low swing pattern changed about that time in the chart. There where spikes recorded before but the pattern appears to be different starting in 2006.

That is right about when the sunspot smoothed monthly value went below 25 during the end of solar cycle 23. We need a much bigger spike during the peak of cycle 24 to break that cooling trend. That last minimum was long and Ap magnetism has been in a slump ever since. We are looking at some serious cooling for at least the next 10 years. Do not sell the snow shoes at the garage sale.