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Zax2me

(2,515 posts)

11. Arctic ice extends for fourth consecutive year.

Reply to DiverDave (Original post)

Sat Apr 14, 2012, 02:32 PM

Apr 2012

Reversing the trend downward since 1979.

highest since 2008 and one of the highest March extents in the past decade.
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/

I would guess the last 10,000 years it has fluctuated.
'Short term' - anything within 100 years - you can draw anything you want out of results.

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Oldest Arctic Sea Ice is Disappearing [View all] DiverDave Apr 2012 OP

I think of all the things that piss me off the most about gopers is their jillan Apr 2012 #1

initially they denied it all, then when confronted with facts like this... DCBob Apr 2012 #4

Exactly! Except you forgot one ... Ship of Fools Apr 2012 #5

It's always that, isn't it? SammyWinstonJack Apr 2012 #6

The one comment I kept hearing from the goper in my life is that it's caused by sun spots. jillan Apr 2012 #8

Yeah, Ive heard that one too. It was debunked by NASA and others.. DCBob Apr 2012 #9

It's probably nothing. Tunkamerica Apr 2012 #2

But, what about my martini? nt MrScorpio Apr 2012 #3

What do you suppose might be lying dormant in that ice? Scuba Apr 2012 #7

'The Thing' Zax2me Apr 2012 #10

Arctic ice extends for fourth consecutive year. Zax2me Apr 2012 #11

The north pole as been ice-covered for 3 million years. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #13

We are sooooooo fucked! Odin2005 Apr 2012 #12

.. mdmc Apr 2012 #14