Arctic Defies Fake News Stories
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By Paul Homewood
We have had countless fake news stories over the winter about heatwaves in the Arctic and record ice melt.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, Arctic sea ice is just where it has been for the last few years.
Average April ice extent has now been stable since 2004.
Most of the Arctic basin is covered by ice at least two meters thick or more:
In stark contrast to 2008, when most of the ice was extremely thin, and most of the thick stuff to the north of Greenland was about to be swept out into the Atlantic that summer.
Arctic temperatures have been 20C or more below zero all year so far, and are currently below average.
And the Greenland ice sheet continue to grow at record rates.
I would hate to think what the Arctic would look like if it was actually cold up there!
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May 3, 2017 at 10:39PM
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