Antarctic sea ice hit 35-year record high, ‘baffling scientists’

The WaPo reports:

Antarctic sea ice has grown to a record large extent for a second straight year, baffling scientists seeking to understand why this ice is expanding rather than shrinking in a warming world.

On Saturday, the ice extent reached 19.51 million square kilometers, according to data posted on the National Snow and Ice Data Center Web site. That number bested record high levels set earlier this month and in 2012 (of 19.48 million square kilometers). Records date back to October 1978.

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9 thoughts on “Antarctic sea ice hit 35-year record high, ‘baffling scientists’”

  1. Or how many previous experiments “supported” it. Or how many people like the theory.
    Not that “smart” appears to be the best adjective to describe anyone who fails to realise that a theory is “wrong” after more than 30 years.

  2. “It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.” – Richard P. Feynman

  3. “…Or maybe 34 years isn’t enough data to draw conclusions about a geological process…”
    Very true.
    But 34 days or 34 hours of warm weather is enough proof of global warming for the enviro “scientists”..

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