"0BZN0" <0BZN0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> One season of melting ice at the North Pole was case-closed proof of
> global warming for Al Gore and his fellow Profits of Doom. So what
> should we conclude from Steve McIntyre's findings:
And now back to reality....
Baltic sea ice cover hits an all-time low: meteorologists Sat May 3, 2:08
PM
ET
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - The extent of ice covering the Baltic sea this winter
reached
an all-time low, since measurements began more than a century ago, Swedish
meteorologists said.
"Overall, 49,000 square kilometres (around 19,000 square miles) of the
Baltic
sea were covered in ice compared to the usual 180,000 square kilometres,"
the
Swedish Meteorological Agency (SMHI) said.
That was just over a quarter of the normal level, the agency said. And the
the
ice season had ended two weeks early, it added.
The SMHI also re****ted lower than normal levels of ice cover in the Gulf
of
Finland, and said the Gulf of Bothnia near Finland was hardly covered in
ice
at
all this winter, apart from coastal areas.
According to agency records, the highest levels of ice cover in the Baltic
came
in the winter of 1986 and 1987 when 420,000 square kilometres (around
162,000
square miles) of its waters were covered.
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