http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_timeseries.pngAntarctic Ice Area has increased by 20% since 1979. Real Science reports:
Now, it should be pointed out that it hasn’t crossed the normal line, and it only touches it because of the line width, it is still ever so slightly below normal according to Cryosphere Today.”
Will this cause a sea level rise?

Antarctic sea ice extent has been running well above average for all of the southern summer & into autumn:
ReplyDeletehttp://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/S_timeseries.png
Above the 80 northern parallel it's running -19C:
http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php
NORSEX agrees with NSIDC:
http://arctic-roos.org/observations/satellite-data/sea-ice/ice-area-and-extent-in-arctic