NOAA and NASA are both claiming that the last two years were the hottest on record. The Arctic says they are lying.
Sea ice extent is the highest for the date in over a decade.
Greenland is seeing record ice growth this autumn.
Last autumn had record snow extent in the Northern Hemisphere. This is caused by cold Arctic air pushing south further than normal.
The last two years have had record ice cover on the Great Lakes. There was five times as much ice cover as the actual hottest year of 1998.
Neither 2014 nor 2015 are anywhere near the warmest year on record. NASA and NOAA are lying to push White House propaganda ahead of the Paris Summit.
The satellite data also does not agree with their claims.
Actually, you (Steven) should have added Antarctic data as well to make the picture complete
= ice is increasing there as well
namely
what you must realize is that we are globally cooling from the top latitudes downward
http://oi60.tinypic.com/2d7ja79.jpg
at the lower latitudes (below 20) we have more rainfall as a result of global cooling, also more energy released: H2O (g) = > H2O (l) + heat
at the higher latitudes (>40) it will become warmer during the day, cooler during the night and drier overall.
it all makes sense if you think about the physics involved….
The IPCC’s AR4 report showed us that Antarctica would contribute negatively to sea level rise this century.
See table 10.7
http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch10s10-6-5.html
I believe Siberian snow cover set a record for extent this present October.
Do not forget the snow patches (neve) in Scotland.
https://weatheraction.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/wpid-scottish_snow_patches_20150827t140213.jpg