Hiding the decline (of sea ice)

In the interest of time, I am going to keep this short and sweet today.

Steven Goddard continues to be in denial about the current state of the arctic sea ice. Contrary to his claim that the sea ice concentration is much higher this summer, the data shows the complete opposite. In fact, it is even lower than it was during the record melt year of 2007!

Finally, I am not even going to dignify his use of a single location (Barrow, AK) as representative of the state of the sea ice in the entire arctic basin with a response.

First Post!

Welcome! I decided to start up a blog about an issue that I find to be very important - climate change. In particular, this blog will attempt to counter some of the lies and misinformation promulgated by certain individuals and organizations. I will focus on countering the sophomoric inanity constantly spewed over at Watts Up With That. Although climate change is a serious matter, this blog will frequently utilize humor to highlight the hypocrisy of the war against climate science. This blog is apolitical and all are welcome to comment, so long as you don't peddle lies or misinformation.

Today's topic of interest at WUWT is sea ice, as it so usually is. Contrary to common sense, Steven Goddard continues to advance his theory that the ice is not actually melting, but rather shearing apart. For those of you unaware, arctic sea ice is currently at its lowest extent on record for this date.

Also, don't buy into Goddard's nonsense about the sea ice concentration being uber-high this year. He continues to present visibly inaccurate maps as accurate depictions; a more accurate representation of the concentration of arctic sea ice is presented below in an from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).

The final order of business is to unveil today's "Watts Up With That" commenter. These are particular comments that make you scratch your head and say "Watts Up With That?" Today's winner is Ron Broberg, who has determined that 1990 was not 20 years before 2010, but actually 21! Happy 21st birthday to all born on June 22, 1990! Where do the years go?