-50 Degrees C, Update Edition

clipped from wattsupwiththat.com Which of these states is closest to 20,000 square kilometers in area? WUWT reader “DC” points us to this Gore-esque pronouncement from a USGS scientist about “Antarctic ice loss”. Ms. FERRIGNO: I think I’ll go back 20 years, and in the last 20 years, I would say at least 20,000 square kilometers of ice has been lost, and that’s comparable to an area somewhere between the state of Texas and the state of Alaska. RAZ: So about the size of the state of Texas in terms of ice has been lost in the past 20 years. ” It gets better. Ms. Ferrigno might do well to have a look at this map of the USA and Antarctica compared at Texas A&M University’s Polar Science program to get a sense of scale. Here’s the story on all the Southern hemisphere sea ice, which includes all Antarctic sea ice, from Cryosphere today: Maybe Ms. Ferrigno will be embarrassed enough by her geographic ineptitude and will heed Gavin Schmidt’s advice and stop trying to “persuade the public“.

Question is!: What is the average yearly temperature of Antarctica?