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And yet, there is 26% more extent area with ice than in 2012. https://x.com/TonyClimate/status/1872304912115408920 https://x.com/TonyClimate/status/18723049121

• lostlogin 2y ago
  Cherry picking a data point is misleading. Rather than compare a record low year, why not look at a trend? https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-arctic-sea-ice https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indica...
• insane_dreamer 2y ago
  I can take any two data points to prove any point I want. That's not how statistics work. The Arctic is expected to be ice free by 2027. That is what matters when it comes to shipping. https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/12/04/an-ice-free-arctic-could-happen-by-summer-2027-what-it-means-for-weather-shipping-and-pola https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/12/04/an-ice-free-arctic...
  • arandomusername 2y ago
    No it's not. Literally from the study that the article was based on: > the earliest ice-free conditions (the first single occurrence of an ice-free Arctic) *could* occur in 2020–2030s under all emission trajectories and are *likely* to occur by 2050