The sea ice surrounding Antarctica, which, as I reported in my book, has been steadily increasing throughout the period of satellite measurement that began in 1979, has hit a new all-time record high for areal coverage.
The new record anomaly for Southern Hemisphere sea ice, the ice encircling the southernmost continent, is 2.074 million square kilometers and was posted for the first time by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s The Cryosphere Today early Sunday morning.
The previous record anomaly for Southern Hemisphere sea ice area was 1.840 million square kilometers and occurred on December 20, 2007.
Global sea ice area, as of Sunday morning, stood at 1.005 million square kilometers above average.
More here: http://talkingabouttheweather.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/antarctica-sets-new-record-for-sea-ice/
And also at the WUWT Sea ice page: http://wattsupwiththat.com/reference-pages/sea-ice-page/
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hanzo still cannot accept the fact that ice mass is a lagging indicator. Second- and third-year ice is increasing, but it lags ice extent and area. Over the next year or two [assuming that sea ice continues to rise], ice mass will follow, as older ice builds up. This has been explained before, but confirmation bias has a strong hold. Also, hanzo’s link is years out of date. Claiming that ice mass is currently “declining” is a stretch, and shows more than a little desperation.
Make no mistake, global ice is well above its long term average [the red chart line].
Next, I suppose we will be subjected to PIOMAS propaganda. I’m surprised that silliness hasn’t appeared here yet.
Yes, the use of 1979 as the base year is not to be tolerated. The coldest year in about a century? The “no satellites before then” story is bogus. Sputnik was 20 years earlier, and the moon landing 10. There were many satellites.