Summary
The Antarctic sea ice continues to be far above average for this time of year: rising from +23% Feb 1 to 33.4% on Feb 28.
This DOES matter[/B], because the excess Antarctic sea ice this time of year reflects significant amounts of sunlight, and this loss continues to cool the planet..... A lot."
"The Arctic sea ice remains slightly below average for this time of year at -7%.
It doesn't matter. [/B]There is almost no sunlight hitting the Arctic sea ice at this time of year.
However, losing this Arctic sea ice cools the planet now,[/B] which often leads to additional Arctic sea ice area later in the year, which can reflect more sunlight then, then - again - cooling the planet.
