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Old 02-07-2018, 01:33 PM   #933 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
With the artic sea ice one they use 1981-2010 as the "base line" compare the base line to 2011 and 2012 then 2016 and 2017, while leaving out 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Then same thing with the antarctic except they leave out 2011 through 2015.
Thats called Cherry picking.

Given the limited available data all years should be included in the base line, even the ones that don't support the predetermined outcome.
That data is all there - look at the interactive graph:

https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/sea-ice-tools/

No cherry picking is going on.

The long term trend is down - rapidly.
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