Although global warming alarmists have claimed that Arctic sea ice is diminishing rapidly---indeed, at unprecedented rates---the actual facts seem otherwise. That's the gist of a new post by Ron Clutz at Science Matters. This chart niftily sums up the facts: There was a fairly rapid increase in September Arctic sea ice extent 2007--2009, a rapid decrease 2009--2012, a huge recovery in 2013 that was sustained and even increased a bit in 2014, and then a minor decline to relative … [Read more...]