hello again muddy, i can see you're struggling, trying to retro-fit what you want to happen with Arctic Sea ice coverage - misinformed as it is - with what's actually going on.
and the reason you're struggling and making yourself look like a goose is you choose not to access the scientific information that is both available and pretty much up to the minute.
Scientists at the National Snow & Ice Data Center reported late March that the maximum coverage for Arctic Sea ice likely occurred on March 14 at 15.01 million square kilometers, the 14th lowest in the 46 year satellite record.
after reaching maximum extent, Arctic Sea ice coverage has contracted with the average extent in April of 14.12 million square kms, placing it 16th in the passive microwave satellite record, NSIDC reported on its internet site.
On May 7, NSIDC reported the following: "April sea ice loss in the Arctic proceeded at a near-average rate overall, with the majority of ice losses in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk. In the Antarctic, sea ice grew faster than average, roughly evenly around the entire continent. Both hemispheres are well below the 1981 to 2010 reference period average, but neither are near record-low extents."
muddy, you've been wondering why Arctic Sea ice coverage isn't at record lows when Earth's average surface temperature in April was at record highs for April.
please try to log the following from NSIDC. and remember not all parts of Earth's surface warm and cool at the same rates because conditions are different. (the bucket will still be there afterwards.)
