Francesco Muschitiello, an author on the study and assistant professor of geography at the University of Cambridge, said the findings were worrisome because the early warming suggests there might be a flaw in the models scientists use to predict how the climate will change...
I did a spit take all over the monitor when I read that. Twofer.
I would say that the Arctic Ocean has been ‘warming’ for at least the last 15-20 THOUSAND YEARS....................
If they look hard enough they might find that the Arctic and indeed the entire planet has been warming since the end of the Younger Dryas. That's what my Ouija board says anyway.
And this is the 2d year in a row of more unmelted ice than the previous year. Also I saw an article of several ships already iced in due to this year’s coldness in the Artic region.