XPost: alt.global-warming, sci.skeptic   
   From: Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/10/2026 10:47 AM, Vincent Maycock wrote:   
   > On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:54:42 +0100, Paul Aubrin   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Le 10/02/2026 à 05:19, Vincent Maycock a écrit :   
   >>>> Sea ice is supposed to be MUCH lower.   
   >>> But it*is* lower, of course.   
   >>   
   >> Old satellite pictures hint that the 1970's were a maximum. The 1920's,   
   >> according to historical documents were a minimum. Observations are too   
   >> short to conclude. There is no possible "proof" there.   
   >   
   > From:   
   >   
   > https://earth.gsfc.nasa.gov/cryo/data/current-state-sea-ice-cover   
   >   
   > "A satellite-based data record starting in late 1978 shows that indeed   
   > rapid changes have been occurring in the Arctic, where the ice   
   > coverage has been declining at a substantial rate. In contrast, in the   
   > Antarctic the sea ice coverage has been increasing although at a   
   > lesser rate than the decreases in the Arctic."   
      
   The Antarctic is starting to decline:   
      
   https://nsidc.org/sea-ice-today   
      
   But, yep, it's a decadal process at work here.   
      
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