Antarctic Sea Ice Sets Record

This is not a coincidence anymorebut a near certainty that the increase in Arctic heat is naturally offset by a similarand generally equivalent decline in Antarctic heat.  This could only be achieved by a shift in oceaniccirculation that shoves more warm surface waters north through the Atlantic Basin. We surmised as much in past posts a few years back, but now this year’sbehavior pretty well locks down the conjecture.
What matters is that the Northernhemisphere is naturally warmer and that this has absolutely nothing to do withgreenhouse gas emissions whatsoever.
This also powerfully explains theonset of Little Ice Ages, which is what got me looking at ocean currents in thefirst place.  A sudden reversal of thistendency would flush cold surface waters into the North Atlantic with a vengeance.
Let us understand the processeshere in play.  The reduction in the seaice mass has naturally reduced the mass of fresh water and this is allowing thesalinity to steadily increase in the Arctic.  At the same time the increase in heat transferimplies a greater influx of warm ocean water all of which increases the grossmass of the water in the Arctic Ocean.  It really becomes a reservoir of potentialenergy waiting to be released.
Simultaneously the opposite is occurringin the Antarctic in some way or the other.
For several reasons, I suspectthat this cycle is part of a super cycle that is approximately one thousandyears in length with a plausible eighty year normal cycle that steadilyincreases in intensity over several centuries before entering a series ofdeclines culminating in a general collapse that hits the Northern Hemispherewith seriously cold conditions.  That iswhat the data at least suggests although developing confirming proxies will bea challenge.  We really need severalthousand years of data with a high resolution confirmed in multiplelocales.  Good luck on that.


Antarctic Ice Area Sets Another Record – NSIDC Is Silent
Posted on September 16, 2012 
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/antarctic-ice-area-sets-another-record-nsidc-is-silent/Day 256 Antarctic ice is the highest ever for the date, andthe eighth highest daily reading ever recorded. All seven higher readingsoccurred during the third week of September, 2007 – the week ofthe previous Arctic record minimum.


arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.south.anom.1979-2008
NSIDC does not mention the record Antarctic cold orice on their web site, choosing inside to feature an article about globalwarming threatening penguins.

National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
NSIDC does have a completely nonsensical discussion page explaining whyAntarctic ice does not affect the climate.
Scientists monitor both Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, but Arctic seaice is more significant to understanding global climate because much moreArctic ice remains through the summer months, reflecting sunlight and coolingthe planet.
Nonsense. There is very little sunlight reaching the Arctic Ocean in September, and much more reaching Antarctic ice – becauseit is located at lower latitudes. Arctic ice took its big decline inmid-August, after the sun was already low in the sky.
Sea ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, south of the tip of South America, has recently experienced a significantdecline. The rest of Antarctica hasexperienced a small increase in Antarctic sea ice.
Antarctic ice is nearing an all-time record high, and is above averageeverywhere.
Antarctica and the Arctic are reactingdifferently to climate change partly because of geographical differences.Antarctica is a continent surrounded by water, while the Arcticis an ocean surrounded by land. Wind and ocean currents around Antarctica isolate the continent from global weatherpatterns, keeping it cold. In contrast, the Arctic Oceanis intimately linked with the climate systems around it, making it moresensitive to changes in climate.
Antarctic and Arctic ice moveopposite each other. NSIDC`s dissonance about this is astonishing.



Imagine If Climate Scientists Actually Used Their Brains
Posted on September 15, 2012 
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/imagine-if-climate-scientists-actually-used-their-brains/
Antarctic ice area once again set a post-1979 record high for the datetoday, and is closing in on the September 20, 2007 post-1979 record high.
Does that date sound familiar? It should, because it was thesame week as the previous post-1979 record low Arctic ice area.
Global warming theory requires that both poles warm, but we are seeingthe exact opposite – the poles move opposite each other.
And prior to 1979, Arctic ice was increasing, while Antarcticice was decreasing.
It is quite clear that the mechanism driving ice gain inAntarctica is the same one driving ice loss in the Arctic,but climate scientists refuse to think about this. Their brains are locked inCO2 stupidity hell.