“There is no doubt that climate change is real,”says Walt Meier of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

“The two poles are just responding in their own unique way to the same global phenomenon.”

He points out that Earth, taken as a whole, is losing sea ice. According to satellite measurements from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the Arctic has lost an average of 20,800 square miles of sea ice a year since the late 70s.  Meanwhile, the Antarctic has gained an average of 7,300 square miles per year—not enough to balance loses at the other end of the planet.

The Yin-Yang of Polar Sea Ice – NASA Science

Earth to Walt. Earth to Walt. Is anybody in there? Global sea ice area is 4th highest on record for the date, and has been averaging above normal for the past two years.

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