Arctic Ice sees record growth from Sept. 2012-Jan. 2013, UIUC

1/30/13, "Record Arctic Ice Growth In 2012-2013," Real Science, Steven Goddard

"Arctic ice area growth since mid-September has shattered the previous record, growing 175,000 Manhattans of new ice over the last four months.

arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.anom.1979-2008

[data at link is through 2013]

Andy Revkin reports on this today, describing the record growth as “record melt.”

Arctic ice continues to melt at a record-breaking pace

 Obama and the Environment: What He Can Do – Expert Advice – MensJournal.com

It only makes sense that ice would melt when the temperature is -30C."






via Climate Depot