Arctic Ice Cap Doubles in 2 Years

The U.K.'s Daily Mail reports the arctic ice cap is twice the size it was two years ago. They have satellite photos which compare August 25 of 2012 and 2014, go see for yourself. They write:

The most widely used measurements of Arctic ice extent are the daily satellite readings issued by the US National Snow and Ice Data Center, which is co-funded by Nasa (sic). These reveal that – while the long-term trend still shows a decline – last Monday, August 25, the area of the Arctic Ocean with at least 15 per cent ice cover was 5.62 million square kilometres.

This was the highest level recorded on that date since 2006 (snip), and represents an increase of 1.71 million square kilometers over the past two years – an impressive 43 per cent.

Poor Al Gore can't catch a break, can he? Another Little Ice Age anyone? Autumn is coming early in the Rockies, golden leaves started showing up a couple of days ago.