The link above doesn’t address what happens when Antarctic Sea Ice fluctuates towards its minimums, e.g. 2009, 2011. In those years, more snow ends up on the continent itself, stays, and sea-levels must of necessity, fall. The following videoclip describes the minimal Antarctic floating ice situation:
Video Link to Sea-Level Rise Reality
http://climateconferences.heartland.org/thomas-wysmuller-iccc9/
This is a clip briefly explaining why sea level rise is not only difficult to measure, but why the answers are inconsistent too! It is a 13 minute reprise of a talk I gave at the 2014 Heartland Climate conference ICCC-9 in Las Vegas.
In years that the Sea Ice grows e.g. 2012 - 2014, little snow ends up on the Antarctic continent but resulting albedo switch from 80% direct sunlight absorbing ocean to 75% sun reflecting floating ice and snow is significant. The now greater albedo influenced colder temperatures guarantee that the Ice and snow will not be melting either (and it hasn’t)! For additional information, please see the F.A.Q., e-mail a question, or attend one of my lectures.
Equatorial Counter Current (ECC) Videoclip
A Unique Exception to the Usual ECC ⇒ El Niño Sequence
A Bob Tisdale sourced videoclip beautifully shows the ECC in action!!! In 2014, an unusual exception to the El Niño formation showed up in the Central Pacific. The Equatorial Counter Current first formed in January, arising out of a warm water pool near the Philippines. It began moving Eastward in February, reaching South America by March. But colder than normal waters off Central and South America ( a La Niña artifact) blunted its impact and the El Niño never formed. A hint of the future is visible off the Alaskan coast, as what would become the following year’s warm water “Blob” and “Son of Blob” were both starting to form. They would briefly exacerbate the California drought, only to eventually become its relief as the “Blobs” moved down past Baja California to herald the 2016 El Niño.