On Jun 16, 6:34*pm, "JCW" wrote:
"Lawrence Jenkins" wrote in message
... http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/i...timeseries.png

Mind you this looks better
http://arctic-roos.org/observations/...ice/ice-area-a...

Now that's what I call a jaxa position
http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/seaice_extent.htm

Still a long way to go, Lawrence.

Could be an upward blip just to tease you and keep you interested! It would
be more than interesting if it continued to go against expected trend but....

Only another 3.5 months, or thereabouts, to go!

Interesting that the lack of any potential in any ocean this year
compares with 2005 was it? as pretty much the same.

OTOH it is just using sqKms (if we won the war why are be bothering
with Kms?) it doesn't mention thickness or age.

BTW how will sea ice melting cause problems down here? It won't raise
the sea level. In fact rumour has it that een if Greenland's sheet is
removed most of that will have little effect too neither as most of
Greenland is an archipelago apparently.

(If it it really is an archipelago, the sea ice masquerading as
glaciers is already displacing liquid sea. Water levels might even go
down as the water table rises, always assuming deforestation ceases
forthwith.)

How much displacement will be removed by the fresh water becoming
brine? I presume the dilution of salt already in solute won't make any
difference. Can I presume brine and fresh water....

hmm...
I wonder what I was trying to rationalise. Thank goodness I can't
remember.