It's like the planet has a fever.
— Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) November 5, 2020
October 2020 helps show the impacts of a changing climate. The Arctic did not freeze due to warmth stored in vast areas of open water – this was a record breaking month for lack of ice.
The air temperature was extremely high compared to normal. pic.twitter.com/Z0R7LH5gbA
Bit confused as unclear if Scott has mixed up 2021 with 2020, as October of 2021 while still concerning is not that dramatic in comparison.
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“Overall, since 1979, October has lost 3.45 million square kilometers (1.33 million square miles) of ice, based on the linear trend. This is equivalent to twice the size of the state of Alaska.
This ranked eighth lowest in the long-term satellite data record, tied with 2017. It was 1.44 million square kilometers (556,000 square miles) greater than the record low of 5.33 million square kilometers (2.06 million square miles) recorded in 2020, and 1.58 million square kilometers (610,000 square miles) below the 1981 to 2010 long-term average.”
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2021/11/winter-is-settling-in/