A pause in minimum Arctic sea ice extent

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Fang et al. studied the correlation between surface temps and the mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet. Not surprisingly they found a high correlation, some 94% over the last 20 years.

Looking at their Figure 9, the time series in red shows the average summer temperatures. Over 20 years there is no significant trend.

Here is a graph of average Greenland temps going back to 1851.

Mikkelsen et al, Influence of temperature fluctuations on equilibrium ice sheet volume

tc-12-39-2018-supplement.pdf

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