Quirin Schiermeier, writing at Nature, says that the refreeze has started in the Arctic.
Arctic sea ice has declined slightly less dramatically this year than in the past couple of years.
This is possibly the most outrageous piece of nonsense I've read since the disinformation by the mainstream media about the North-East passage last week. At least the mainstream media has the excuse that it's staffed by the intellectually challenged. But Nature is supposed to be the world's premier scientific journal. You would struggle to describe it as even reputable after this. It's positively Orwellian.
Arctic sea ice has gone up this year. A lot. It went up the year before a lot too. How Dr Schiermeier can make the statement he did is beyond me.
So, now we know which way the ice is heading at present, what does it mean?
Dwindling summertime sea-ice extent is a prime indicator of climate change at high northern latitudes.
Good, so rising summertime sea-ice would suggest that things are getting colder at the moment?
Nope.
No sign that long-term trend is reversing, scientists caution.
Huh? What would a sign of the long-term trend reversing look like then?