Five years ago the press announced that the world is burning up and Arctic sea ice was collapsing right before our eyes.
There has been no trend in Arctic sea ice over the past 16 years, and extent today is higher than it was on this date in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p1/nh/osisaf_nh_sie_daily.txt
osisaf_nh_sie_daily-all.png (1274×943)
The global temperature today is right at the 1979-2000 mean.
