We have all been worried about the polar bears. Global warming has been chipping away at the Arctic ice they do their ice fishing on. Of course, Global Warming hasn't been happening for about ten years. But never mind that. It does seem as though Arctic ice has been shrinking during that same period. You worry about the white bears, I'll worry about the elves.
Only, this just in, Arctic ice isn't shrinking. From Daily Tech:
An abnormally cool Arctic is seeing dramatic changes to ice levels. In sharp contrast to the rapid melting seen last year, the amount of global sea ice has rebounded sharply and is now growing rapidly. The total amount of ice, which set a record low value last year, grew in October at the fastest pace since record-keeping began in 1979.
The actual amount of ice area varies seasonally from about 16 to 23 million square kilometers. However, the mean anomaly-- defined as the difference between the current area and the seasonally-adjusted average-- changes much slower, and generally varies by only 2-3 million square kilometers.
That anomaly had been negative, indicating ice loss, for most of the current decade and reached a historic low in 2007. The current value is again zero, indicating an amount of ice exactly equal to the global average from 1979-2000.
So the arctic is back to normal, and Santa Claus can sleep soundly while his Elves hammer out new blue ray DVD players. You might suppose that would be news, but so far the MSM doesn't seem to be noticing it.
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