April 21 question for John Holdren: If CO2 is going to make the WINTER Arctic sea ice disappear sometime soon, why is there still nearly three feet of ice on Leech Lake in northern Minnesota?

Late ice-out: What will it mean for Minnesota anglers? | StarTribune.com

Lingering winter brings worries in the fishing business.
...Ice on Leech still is nearly 3 feet thick, as it is on lakes across northern Minnesota.
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“There’s probably as much ice on the lakes now as any time all winter,’’ said Gary Barnard, Department of Natural Resources area fisheries manager in Bemidji, where many lakes still have 30 inches of ice. “It’s not a certainty the ice will be off the lakes by the opener.’’

Flashback: Complete barking madness from John Holdren, Obama's science advisor

...[Holdren] if you lose the summer sea ice, there are phenomena that could lead you not so very long thereafter to lose the winter sea ice as well. And if you lose that sea ice year round, it's going to mean drastic climatic change all over the hemisphere.