This is what is commonly called a trend reversal. I know, I know, that is hard to understand when one is bent on seeing something that does not exist, like an ice free Arctic.
And I thought that Steven Goddard had invented these commentators (and written their comments) himself to get the discussion going; no real person can be that stupid.
Alexej:
😉
I believe you discovered Steven’s ploy to enhance the entertainment value of his site!
How many data points did you use to base your conclusion on?
Growing, like it always does at this time of year and yet it’s still at near record low.
http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/seaice/extent/AMSRE_Sea_Ice_Extent_L.png
And compare that to nearly 30 years of decline.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Vy1g_BK08
Just another dumb post by Steve.
Record low?
http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icecover.uk.php
Yep. A near record low;
http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_stddev_timeseries.png
Wow. And I thought the ice had more than doubled over the last few weeks.
“And I thought the ice had more than doubled over the last few weeks.”
I’m sure it has, but twice very little is still not a lot!” 😉
145,678 Manhattans to be exact.
Steve says: Wow. And I thought the ice had more than doubled over the last few weeks.”
Yes and still at near record low for this time of year. Even a numbnuts knows this.
What Brendon is trying to say is that there is very little YOY variability during the winter.
How does the current ice extent compare to the 1930’s?
I keep asking this question but you never seem to have the answer.
No, what I said was there is nearly 30 years of decline.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Vy1g_BK08
and that currently it’s near the record low for this time of year. A low that is well below the 1979-2000 average.
http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_stddev_timeseries.png
“145,678 Manhattans to be exact.”
This sounds like a scary big number but the fact remains, after 30 years of decline it is still near a record low as the NSIDC graph shows.
It is scary. A full 5% below one stddev
http://arctic-roos.org/observations/satellite-data/sea-ice/observation_images/ssmi1_ice_ext.png
Just checking you understand what you said; It is below the standard deviation?
LOL,
you guys are funny.Keep on looking at the negatives,when it is undeniable that year 2007 was the minimum.
There has been a slow recovery trend since then.It appears that the bottom level has been reached and that was ….. THREE YEARS AGO!
When the NAO continues to slide into negative territory on a continual basis.Expect the recovery rate to increase.
In ten years or so,your CO2 causing the decline mantra,will be irrevocably broken.It will then be obvious that CO2 never had anything to do with it.
“There has been a slow recovery trend since then.It appears that the bottom level has been reached and that was ….. THREE YEARS AGO!”
Is that why it is currently below 2008? – that’s two years ago in case you are struggling to keep up.
I can see from the satellite imagery that the Arctic is indeed ice free, just as Holdren warned.
This is what is commonly called a trend reversal. I know, I know, that is hard to understand when one is bent on seeing something that does not exist, like an ice free Arctic.
WUWT has a post thread on commenter like ChrisD and Lazarus. It has been determined they are AGW spambots and we are responding to prerecorded responses from sites like Deltoid and Bad Astronamy.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/11/04/desperation-robotic-twitter-bot-spoofs-climate-change-deniers/
The modern day version of Charley McCarthy and Mortimer Sneed with Al Gores hand stuck up their.
And I thought that Steven Goddard had invented these commentators (and written their comments) himself to get the discussion going; no real person can be that stupid.
Alexej:
😉
I believe you discovered Steven’s ploy to enhance the entertainment value of his site!
How many data points did you use to base your conclusion on?