Sea Ice in Retreat?

In: Environment/weather Interactive Maps Science Source: NYT

25 Mar 2010

I really liked the below NYT feature until I realized it was from 2007.

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Looking around, I found this quicktime movie that shows 1979-2009:

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So 2007 was a bad year, but now it’s rebounding? Well, not really.
So is it melting or not? I recommend watching the below:

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