2011 Ice Continues To Closely Track 2006

11 Responses to 2011 Ice Continues To Closely Track 2006

1. Stark Dickflüssig says:

   August 4, 2011 at 4:07 am

   On the up-side, if 2012 doesn’t beat 2007, we’ll have 5 consecutive years of an upwardly growing “downward death-spiral”. I really like the new normals of climate science.

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2. Lance says:

   August 4, 2011 at 4:21 am

   However, our 6 and 7 year old ice will still not have recovered…love the math too eh! 🙂

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   • Stark Dickflüssig says:

     August 4, 2011 at 4:24 am

     Weird, I just did a bunch of really hairy maths, and I realized that the 1000-year-old ice wont’ recover until 3008 at the earliest. It’s Worse Than We Thought!®

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     • Lance says:

       August 4, 2011 at 4:39 am

       ah, its ok, we will be in an ice age by then, then it will be around for a few years…

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3. AndyW says:

   August 4, 2011 at 5:17 am

   If it was tracking 2006 this year wouldn’t the two lines be on top of each other? Or is you definition of tracking different to everyone else?

   I’m you think if you say it enough times it will be right. Come the minima if it does happen to be the same as 2006 then no doubt you will claim a great victory lol

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   • stevengoddard says:

     August 4, 2011 at 5:19 am

     If I keep saying that you make idiotic comments, will you finally stop making idiotic comments?

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   • suyts says:

     August 4, 2011 at 5:22 am

     lol “I’m you think?”
     Andy he’s got your fingers tied in knots. He’s having much fun with this already.
     Tracking closely doesn’t mean tracking exactly the same….. just similar.
     And, it would seem 2006 isn’t out of the question. The next two weeks should tell the tale.

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     • AndyW says:

       August 4, 2011 at 5:40 am

       No suyts, if you take all recent years and put them on the graph, rather than removing the ones you don’t like, then how does the tracking of 2006 compare to 2011 then? Or do other years track more closely this year?

       http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/seaice/extent/AMSRE_Sea_Ice_Extent_L.png

       Since the melt season really got into swing, May, 2011 has more cloesely tracked 2010 and then 2007. It may end up tracking 2006 from this point but it has not up to now.

       It shows that rather than take one of the standard graphs he has to make his own up and has to throw away half the data away so he can make the claim. I think Steve should therefore apply for a job at the University of East Anglia 😉

       I doubt Steve could even tie a not suyts, probably gets his mum to tie his shoe laces still….

       😀

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       • stevengoddard says:

         August 4, 2011 at 6:13 am

         It is clear that for the full year 2011 has tracked 2006 quite closely. Take your straw man somewhere else.
4. AndyW says:

   August 4, 2011 at 5:40 am

   Blimey my speellings are getting worse. heh

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5. gator69 says:

   August 4, 2011 at 2:42 pm

   The ice in my cooler melted yesterday, but my icemaker more than made up for the loss. My world is cooling.

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