Not exact matches
Regardless, I would posit the worsening winter ice formation is as expected given the
poles suffer first and winters warm faster than summers, BUT that this is happening within two years of the EN peak, which was my time line in 2015, one wonders if the combination of warm EN -
heated Pacific waters (oceans move slowly) and warm air are a trailing edge of the EN effect OR this is signallibg a phase change driven by that EN, or is just an extreme winter
event.
We expect from CO2 - based warming less severe «extreme weather
events» because of the blanket effect and less
heat differential between the equator and the
poles.
That a cherry - picked region of the globe (land exclusive of the
poles) shows little change over a cherry - picked time interval (since 1997 - 1998, strongest El Nino
event of 20th century) does not, in fact, mean the planet is not merrily continuing to absorb
heat.
Shortterm, extreme
events, such as
heat waves, can not be captured in
POLES.