NASA releases time-lapse of the disappearing Arctic polar ice cap

NASA releases time-lapse of the disappearing Arctic polar ice cap

https://fox2now.com/2018/02/26/nasa-releases-time-lapse-of-the-disappearing-arctic-polar-ice-cap/


Video of Decreasing Ice in the Arctic from 1984 to 2016:
https://youtu.be/Vj1G9gqhkYA

NASA posted this video to YouTube with this description, “Arctic sea ice has not only been shrinking in surface area in recent years, it’s becoming younger and thinner as well. In this animation, where the ice cover almost looks gelatinous as it pulses through the seasons, cryospheric scientist Dr. Walt Meier of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center describes how the sea ice has undergone fundamental changes during the era of satellite measurements.”

Any downturn in the temperatures has been because of the La Nina that's present this year. There was a El Nino durind 2015 and 2016, now we have the La Nina which began in 2016. El Ninos drive up global temperatures whereas La Ninas have less than average cold waters in the Pacific. La Ninas tend to cool the planet down. This year has been one of the top five hottest years despite the La Nina that has been present for two years. Clearly this shows just how much the Earth is warming up.