Don’t you hate when Earth forces refuse to cooperate with talking points and computer models?
Dramatic slowdown in melting of Arctic sea ice surprises scientists
The melting of sea ice in the Arctic has slowed dramatically in the past 20 years, scientists have reported, with no statistically significant decline in its extent since 2005.
The finding is surprising, the researchers say, given that carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning have continued to rise and trap ever more heat over that time.
They said natural variations in ocean currents that limit ice melting had probably balanced out the continuing rise in global temperatures. However, they said this was only a temporary reprieve and melting was highly likely to start again at about double the long-term rate at some point in the next five to 10 years.
The findings do not mean Arctic sea ice is rebounding. Sea ice area in September, when it reaches its annual minimum, has halved since 1979, when satellite measurements began. The climate crisis remains “unequivocally real”, the scientists said, and the need for urgent action to avoid the worst impacts remains unchanged.
So, see, it could be nature that is “balancing” out what Evil Mankind is doing, but, it can’t be mostly/solely nature that was melting it in the first place.
But, this is just a temporary pause of coming doom.
The natural variation causing the slowdown is probably the multi-decadal fluctuations in currents in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which change the amount of warmed water flowing into the Arctic. The Arctic is still expected to see ice-free conditions later in the century, harming people and wildlife in the region and boosting global heating by exposing the dark, heat-absorbing ocean.
See?
Dr Mark England, who led the study while at the University of Exeter, said: “It is surprising, when there is a current debate about whether global warming is accelerating, that we’re talking about a slowdown.
“The good news is that 10 to 15 years ago when sea ice loss was accelerating, some people were talking about an ice-free Arctic before 2020. But now the [natural] variability has switched to largely cancelling out sea ice loss. It has bought us a bit more time but it is a temporary reprieve – when it ends, it isn’t good news.”
So, they done f*** up with their prognostications back then, and now they’ve figured out a way to say “we weren’t wrong, just, nature messed us up. But, it’s still coming.”
One must always be most skeptical of any data that you want to believe
Mr Teach did your attempt to verify this? Maybe The Guardian was mistaken ?
I checked
I googled Arctic ice extent (actually I have it bookmarked)
It shows that up until 10 days ago it was tied as being the lowest extent of Arctic ice, tied with 2012 which was THE lowest. It has since had reduced melting and looks like it has fallen to 2nd place for lowest Arctic ice extent on this date.
Nsidc.org There are about 2 more weeks to go before minimum ice extent is reached in Sept. But it will be nigh impossible for it to be close to the average of this century
2025 was the year that Arctic dragon ice teacher it’s lowest maximum ice extent. But it is the minimum ice extent that allies the water to absorb solar radiance
I hope that others might look and learn how important it is to check on what people tell you. You might be being misinformed intentionally or mistakenly
Anyone who follows that link just scroll down until you see the graph showing ice extent by date dy/dx
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Summary from the article:
The extent and volume of Arctic sea ice continues to decline, but the rate of decline has slowed. But relax. We’ll adapt as we always do.