like the Zone's climate skeptics used to do. It destroys the credibility of the data.
In summer, 2012, there was a catastrophic collapse of summer Sea Ice Extent in the Arctic, and some climate scientists felt the end of the world was upon us. It turns out the anomalous extreme dip was due to a combination of circumstances, due to local and short term weather, current and sea state. Sep 2012 still has the record. Since then, there has been no lower SIE. The denialists seized on this in order to discredit the entire idea.
Of course, if you look at the data over time, the trend is obvious. I won't get ambushed by those scumbags again.
For a more detailed look, use this:
https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/charctic-interactive-sea-ice-graph/
Space/Science » in reply to Just hoping the ACC isn't breaking apart.
Its important not to cherry-pick the data,
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- It’s 70 degrees warmer than normal in eastern Antarctica. Scientists are flabbergasted.