Arctic Ice: The Evidence You Need to See

While sea ice extent in the Arctic has declined since satellite measurements began in 1979, the rate of decline has decreased, and there is no reason to think that it represents a crisis at all.

Heartland Institute Research Fellow Linnea Lueken talks about the sea ice in the Arctic, and whether it will be ice-free any time soon.

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[rosa]

I am so over all their scare campaigns.

[bruceb]

Be careful young lady, the truth is highly unpopular these days.

[grahamelliott]

I can’t even stomach the news anymore going on about climate change!

[barry]

When I was in grade school (grades 2, 3 and 4) back in the early 1970’s we were told that we were entering another ice age! It scared me to death. I finally talked to my dad about it and he put it to rest. It seems they love to keep us in a state of fear.

[Malibu]

Tony Heller has shown repeatedly through historical observations and news reporting that summer sea ice in the arctic was less over 120 years ago into the 1920s than today.
Actually we have satellite data going back to 1973. The reason for the 1979/1980 starting points on all the data is because that was the peak coldness that brought about all the news reports and speculation we were headed into a new ice age. So by using that year as a starting point, it can be used to support the global warming hysteria.

[krakatoa]

We were told way back in the 70's that by now the Ice cap would be gone, it's still there, and we are constantly being lied to. This young lady is a breath of fresh air in telling the truth.

[jimclarke]

The sea ice is following the AMO (Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation). It peaked in 1979, and reached a minimum around 2010. Now, the AMO is getting deeper into its cool phase, and Arctic sea ice will be expanding. The AMO is a relatively short climate cycle (about 60-70 years). There is another natural cycle of about 800-1, 000 years that brought us the Roman warm period, the Medieval warm period and the modern warm period. It is also responsible for the Dark Ages cold period and the Little Ice Age. Finally, there is the much longer, natural glaciation/interglacial cycle as revealed by the Ice core data. This cycle reached peak warmth about 8, 000 years ago, and was called the Holocene Climate Optimum, because scientists before 1988 understood that warmer was better than glaciation.

All 3 natural cycles will be getting deeper into their cool phases for the next 20-30 years, and the Arctic ice will be expanding, unfortunately. After that, the AMO will start another warm phase, but it will not have a boost from the 800-1, 000 year cycle, and the next warm phase of the AMO may just slow the cooling. I probably won't be around in 30 years, but all the younger climate alarmists around today will claim that they always knew it was going to get colder!

Predicting the climate is difficult, but predicting human behavior is not so tough.

[ivansultanoff]

In one word -weather is doing its own cycle-logical

[matt]

This information doesn't jive with the green cult fear mongering. Very well done.

[danielreschke]

Thank you for facts and not political propaganda.

[sheepdogonthehill]

Woohoo! You got the YouTube stamp of telling the truth.

[martinbebow]

So refreshing to get actual data rather than propaganda. Thank you

[pauls]

Will ANY modern climate scientist say they were wrong? Never.

[anthonywilson]

I hope Gore is watching this and moving his money. to another country. We needto get him prosecuted for crimes against humanity. He must be in jail when people catch onto his lies and fraudulent propaganda. Jail time is a must.

[tomg]

This should be in every school room everywhere!
Just facts not BS.
Good job.

[AndrewStandley-bplx]

This is so refreshing to see, the young telling climate truth.

[B.Huntley_Sharpe]

Don't try to confuse me with facts, my mind is made up. Also, you hurt my feelings.

[theodavies]

I'm vacuous and superficial.
I can't think of anyone I'd rather listen to.

[CCoburn]

What the "warmists" don't want people to know is that we are in an interglacial period of an ice age. There have been a few interglacial periods in this ice age, and they have all been significantly warmer than this one. This interglacial appears to be petering out and then it is going to get REALLY cold, really quickly (on a geologic timescale).

[greenyonline]

The truth! Do NOT listen to politicians when they talk about the climate (or most other things). This is great info!