Extent of Antarctic sea ice reaches record levels, scientists say
"Scientists say the extent of Antarctic sea ice cover is at its highest level since records began.
Satellite imagery reveals an area of about 20 million square kilometres covered by sea ice around the Antarctic continent.
Jan Lieser from the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) said the discovery was made two days ago.
"This is an area covered by sea ice which we've never seen from space before," he said.
"Thirty-five years ago the first satellites went up which were reliably telling us what area, two dimensional area, of sea ice was covered and we've never seen that before, that much area.
"That is roughly double the size of the Antarctic continent and about three times the size of Australia.""
Monday, September 15, 2014
Just For The AGW Record
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Doom! This means the oceans will get so hot they will evaporate!
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26122-no-more-pause-warming-will-be-nonstop-from-now-on.html#.VBcILlfky7d
So... According to AGW proponents, the "temporarily pause" in warming is due to unusually powerful wind. Now, the wind patterns are blamed on global warming. I give up.
The other explanation is that the glaciers are melting and that fresh water is just easier to freeze. Well, it shouldn't be difficult to make distinction between salty and fresh water to confirm this hypothesis. "Fresh water on land is melting while fresh water on sea is freezing" sounds terribly wrong. Furthermore, what is the mechanism in which the "easier to change temperature" fresh water remains unmixed hundreds of kilometers away from land?
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