Arctic sea ice up 60 percent in 2013
" About a million more square miles of ocean are covered in ice in 2013 than in 2012, a whopping 60 percent increase -- and a dramatic deviation from predictions of an "ice-free Arctic in 2013," the Daily Mail noted 
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Arctic sea ice averaged 2.35 million square miles in August 2013, as compared to the low point of 1.32 million square miles recorded on Sept. 16, 2012, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. A chart published Sept. 8 by NSIDC shows the dramatic rise this year, putting total ice cover within two standard deviations of the 30-year average.
Noting the year over year surge, one scientist even argued that "global cooling" was here.
"We are already in a cooling trend, which I think will continue for the next 15 years at least. There is no doubt the warming of the 1980s and 1990s has stopped, Anastasios Tsonis of the University of Wisconsin told Londons Mail on Sunday.
Wow, that's great and I didn't know that!
Very good news.
Hi Red!!
Yes, it is.
I believe I read this information reported elsewhere a while back, with it being stated that after 15 years there could be another warming pattern, but that the long-range pattern seemed to be heading toward another cooling cycle - ice age.
HI, CL
Hopefully this could be the start of a stable ice pattern in the arctic, not too warm, not to cold, like Goldilocks's porridge.
...Sounds "just right."
250,000 Alpacas Dead From Freezing Weather In Puno, Peru.
President Ollanta Humala announced that seven provinces of Puno will be declared in emergency due to heavy snowfall which have left hundreds of families isolated and more than 250 000 dead alpacas.
The president flew over the areas affected by the low temperatures and falling snow, the worst in a decade . Then signed the standard state of emergency declared in the provinces of Carabaya, Sandia, Lampa, San Antonio de Putina, Melgar, Puno and El Collao.
Humala, who was accompanied by Minister of Housing Ren Cornejo , delivered 10,000 blankets, medicines, food and other items. Also 13 000 bags of oats and medicines for animals. He also announced that he will return tomorrow to Puno with more help for the affected population.
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That's a big impact that will affect all of their lives for a long time with changing weather conditions and the loss of use of their animals.
TRUE.