Can he really believe that, or is that a line from one of his comics?
The most common misconception regarding Antarctic sea ice is that sea ice is increasing because it's cooling around Antarctica. ...... The reality is the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica has shown strong warming over the same period that sea ice has been increasing. (Link)Not a lot of people know that has revealed the truth:
Cook forgets that some of us know how to check the data.
Bob Tisdale produces analyses of sea surface teperatures each month, and these have shown that the Southern Ocean has been getting considerable colder since 1981, and particularly in the last 8 years.
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Source: Bob Tisdale |