from www.WeGetIt.org Weekly Bulletin for 10-22-08

Arctic sea ice: shrinking or growing?

A year ago global warming alarmists were all atwitter about shrinking arctic sea ice. It was at record lows, and its shrinkage would increase global warming by diminishing the reflection of solar energy back into space as dark water replaced bright white ice. It was part of the irreversible march toward eco-disaster.

Lately those claims seem to have disappeared. Why? Because arctic sea ice has grown to nearly a third more than it was last year—and is still expanding, as the figure shows.

The differently colored lines represent different years, the red 2008 and the orange 2007. Note that the red is higher than the orange through almost the entire year, and by October 17 is 31.3% higher than the orange.  That fits with falling global temperatures shown here:

P.S.: Recent claims of record high arctic temperatures are also bogus.