The poles are melting down due to polar amplification, which has caused a persistent excess amount of thin, rotten, decayed ice on Earth in 2013.
arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.global.anom.1979-2008
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What’s happened to Arctic sea ice in death spiral [Mark] Serreze NSIDC these days? Has he the bearded wonder been silenced or, has he dropped the chicken little stuff?