That graph does not show that the Arctic sea ice will be gone by September 1. It shows that it is currently by far the lowest on record for this time of year.
You could possibly extrapolate from it that it is almost certain now to be the lowest minimum on record come September.
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Steven,
That graph does not show that the Arctic sea ice will be gone by September 1. It shows that it is currently by far the lowest on record for this time of year.
You could possibly extrapolate from it that it is almost certain now to be the lowest minimum on record come September.
But maybe not:
http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/seaice_extent.htm
OTOH, Sea ice area is now a near certainty for a record minimum:
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/arctic.sea.ice.interactive.html
Bremen is FOS
Weren’t they the ones that went “off-line” last year, rather than show an increase in ice-area?
And Walt told us adjustments were made at that juncture, as I recall.
Bremen claimed last year was the lowest when it clearly wasn’t, I knew they were going to pull something like this, they are full of it.
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I can’t wait until they adjust it into the negative numbers. That will be fun.
Ok, now I’m worried about the farm I wagered last month.