Arctic Sea Ice Extent Highest In 19 Years; Europe Breaks Historic Cold Records; North America Set To Freeze; + Farmers' Protest Arrives In Berlin

The Olso area just broke a record set back in 1841 (183 years ago), and posted its first sub -30C (-22F) ever.

Arctic Sea Ice Extent Highest In 19 Years

December was a bumper month for Arctic sea ice growth.

According to the latest NSIDC report, released Jan 4:

"Sea ice extent increased by an average of 87,400 square kilometers (33,700 thousand square miles) per day, markedly faster than the 1981 to 2010 average. ... December overall had the third highest monthly gain in the 45-year record at 2.71 million square kilometers (1.05 square miles), behind 2006 at 2.85 million square kilometers (1.10 million square miles) and 2016 at 2.78 million square kilometers (1.07 million square miles)."

This is visualized in the charts (latest data-point being Jan 6), which shows extent is currently the highest since 2005:

Conditions at the bottom of the world, i.e. Antarctica, are proving equally unalarming having now returned to normal ranges, according to NASA.

The catastrophists will have to find themselves a new angle down there, and all.

NASA