and what do we see?
This site informs us that we have tied with 2007 and 2016 for the second lowest sea ice extent in the satellite era--4.15 million sq km.
This gives us the wherewithal to update our phase space reconstruction of the sea ice extent.
We are near the middle of the same area of metastability we have been in since 2007. There is no way to tell how long we shall continue in this region of metastability; nor do we know if we will return to the higher region of stability occupied prior to 2004, or drop to another lower region of stability or fall to zero (as many disaster models predict).
All we can do is keep watch.
This site informs us that we have tied with 2007 and 2016 for the second lowest sea ice extent in the satellite era--4.15 million sq km.
This gives us the wherewithal to update our phase space reconstruction of the sea ice extent.
We are near the middle of the same area of metastability we have been in since 2007. There is no way to tell how long we shall continue in this region of metastability; nor do we know if we will return to the higher region of stability occupied prior to 2004, or drop to another lower region of stability or fall to zero (as many disaster models predict).
All we can do is keep watch.
