On Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 6:42:40 PM UTC+1, N_Cook wrote:
On 07/06/2018 16:17, JGD wrote:
Will continue to watch the arctic ice over the next week or two.
Currently 2nd lowest on record but still 3% or so more ice than 2016 -
but mid-June is when 2016 tailed off. Nothing more than a pastime at
this time of year of course, but let's see what happens.

For the day-of-year global sea-ice situation.
https://sites.google.com/site/arctis...t_byyear_b.png
There seems a slight difference between this graphical representation
and Charctic numbers, both in terms of extent.
But for 06 June of any year of the satellite record,
previous minimum (Arctic + Antarctic) was 22.763 *10^6 km^2
for 2017.
Near enough the same 2018 at 22.766, will " tomorrow " be going into the
record-breaking territory again?

I think the obsession with a date records being broken risks not being able to see the wood for the trees.

It's best to step back sometimes. We are changing the climate, in unpredictable ways. The scientists were quick to explain the (temporary) increase in Antarctic sea ice in great detail after the event. Not many managed it before.

Likewise global warming may turn off the NAD, or then again. The important thing is to minimise our impact on the planet - then hopefully avoid a worst case scenario. Though clearly we've already committed ourslelves to decades of change.

Also, the current obsession is with CO2, whilst equitorial forest destruction, the great CO2 sink, carries on at the same old rate, until the forests run out.

Also, how much of this https://amp.businessinsider.com/imag...00-750-562.jpg before something serious is done?

Sorry about the 'Greenpeace' bit, but so many posts seem to almost gleefully report a new ice minimum, or record warmth, which are in any case symptoms of the disease.

Graham
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