<div dir="ltr"><div>And 2014 and 2015 calendar years both set new record high global average surface temperatures in the instrumental record since the late 1800s...<br><br></div><div>But of course this is a socialist hoax to scare people into ruinous economic regulation of the national and global economy with scientific fraud about anthropogenic climate change:<br></div><div><br><a href="https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/">https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/</a><br><br></div>Feb. 4, 2016<br><div><br>January Arctic sea ice extent was the lowest in the satellite record,
attended by unusually high air temperatures over the Arctic Ocean and a
strong negative phase of the <a class="" title="Glossary" href="https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glossary/term/arctic-oscillation">Arctic Oscillation</a>
(AO) for the first three weeks of the month. Meanwhile in the
Antarctic, this year’s extent was lower than average for January, in
contrast to the record high extents in January 2015.<br><br><img class="" src="http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/files/2016/02/Figre2a-350x280.png" alt="Figure 2a. The graph above shows Arctic sea ice extent as of February 3, 2016" height="280" width="350"><br></div><div>Ted Moffett<br></div></div>