What the hell is going on in the Artic?

[Pat Mustard]

Data fluke?  Error?  Judge for yourself:



Or, is the Earth going to undergo a major climate shift here soon?  Time will tell, I suppose.

Pants party?

But more seriously, a bit of context pease.

[Thumpalumpacus]

The presented graph starts at the height of the Northern Hemisphere summer; of course it will show a dramatic drop-off. as for the drop-off at the tail of the 2016 line, I'd imagine there'd be more data needing collection before one might attribute a cause.

Most of us agree that AGW is happening ... but this graph doesn't show it.

[Jehanne]

It's the blue line that is of interest, which will be updated here soon.

[Jehanne]

It's the blue line that is of interest, which will be updated here soon.

Here's a short, but cool, video about AGW:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scienc...07881.html