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Related: About this forumClimate Crocks Graph Of The Day - Arctic Sea Ice Still In Free Fall
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Sea Ice watch starting early this year. Stay tuned.
.@PeterWSinclair Sea ice both poles combined as well. Record low!
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9:40 AM - 18 Feb 2016
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Climate Crocks Graph Of The Day - Arctic Sea Ice Still In Free Fall (Original Post)
hatrack
Feb 2016
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I've been watching this skirt the -2 S.D. boundry for a few months and thinking...
Binkie The Clown
Feb 2016
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daleanime
(17,796 posts)1. kick, kick, kick....
pscot
(21,044 posts)2. Oh shit
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)3. I've been watching this skirt the -2 S.D. boundry for a few months and thinking...
...I wonder if we're at a phase transition, where the arctic suddenly jumps from one state to a different state. It looks to me like this could be the start of something dire. Abrupt climate change in the arctic means abrupt climate change worldwide follows quickly.
But then, maybe I'm wrong. In fact, I hope I'm wrong.
hatrack
(64,817 posts)5. Isn't late February - early March usually PEAK seasonal extent?
I mean, I kind of remember that from somewhere . . .
phantom power
(25,966 posts)4. there's a thing you don't see everyday
or, at least you didn't used to see that every day