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This post is about global sea ice area, the simple addition of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice area.
As a statistic it’s somewhat interesting, but it doesn’t convey all that much information about the individual health of both polar regions, let alone their sub-regions.

Despite this fact, or probably because of it, it’s often being touted by climate risk deniers as proof that global warming is a scam and all is well, because Arctic sea ice loss is compensated by a growth in Antarctic sea ice. Even if this were true – it isn’t, as this Skeptical Science article explains – it’s like saying there is no hunger in the world because there are so many obese people.

http://neven1.typepad.com/.a/6a0133f03a1e37970b01bb08b14e2f970d-800wi

My post is just the tip of the iceberg (sorry about that). I strongly suggest you click above and look at all the maps, charts and graphs, follow the links, scan the analyses and read the comments. Neven is doing a great job at bringing together in one place all the threads of polar ice studies, and all the people involved in studying it.