"Brian Wakem" wrote in message
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BlueLightning wrote:
Summer Arctic sea ice falls far below average for fourth year, winter
ice sees sharp decline, spring melt starts earlier

http://tinyurl.com/buypx



Nice of them to draw the blue line at
http://nsidc.org/news/press/20050928_trends_fig1.html but take it away and
the trend is sideways apart from 1 anomaly - 2005.



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Brian Wakem
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I think it is interesting to note how much variation there is in sea ice
amounts even over a period of just weeks.
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosph...urrent.365.jpg demonstrates
this quite well.
Then take a look at
http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/a...ge_select.html and select
Hemisphe Southern / Year 2005 / Month : March / Image: Extent Anomalies
and you should see a 5.7% decadal increase in sea ice around Antarctica.
Same season, same planet, same CO2 levels, different trend. It's not as
simple as it looks.

Martin
Guernsey