More on my
26985 post,
here is a link that shows we are still almost a million sq. kilometers ahead of last year's melt.
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http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/trends-i...od-of-1979-2007
"Trends in Arctic sea ice extent in March (maximum) and September (minimum) in the time period of 1979–2007. For the Northern Hemisphere (primarily the Arctic), observations using remote sensing technologies have been used to measure the extent and the to assess the development. Despite considerable year-to-year variability, significant negative trends are apparent in both maximum and minimum ice extents, with a rate of decrease of -2.9% per decade for March and -10.5% per decade for September (linear least squares reqression). The differences in extent are calculated as anomalies compared to the 1979-2000 average, which was 7.0 million sqkm2 in September, and 15 million sqkm2 in March. September 2007 presented a record low extent, with only 4.3 million sq km2, an indication of ongoing climate change. Please note that this figure was not originally published in Global Outlook for Ice and Snow, but is updated from a figure in that publication."
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/index.htmlJuly 2, 2008
"Arctic sea ice extent averaged for June stood at 11.44 million square kilometers (4.42 million square miles), 0.72 million square kilometers (0.25 million square miles) less than the 1979 to 2000 average for the month. This is very slightly (0.05 million square kilometers; 0.02 million square miles) lower than the average extent for June 2007, but not the lowest on record, which occurred in June 2006."
So, currently we're only "0.72 million square kilometers ...less than the 1979 to 2000 average for the month."Well, that's looking good....
