The New York Times just published another fake climate article – this time about the Arctic. They start the article with the claim that satellites were first used to study the Arctic in 1979. Given that we traveled to the moon in 1969, it is absurd to suggest that satellites weren’t used to study the Arctic before 1979. Here is a 1964 satellite image of the Arctic which was published in National Geographic in 1965. Here is a detailed National Geographic Arctic sea ice map from 1971. Here is a detailed satellite image of Antarctica from 1976, also published in National Geographic. The 1990 IPCC report included NOAA Arctic satellite data back to 1973, when it was much lower than 1979. In a spectacular display of scientific malpractice, NOAA now hides all of the pre-1979 peak Arctic sea ice data. By starting right at the peak, they produce a fake linear downwards trend. This 1985 DOE climate change report had Arctic data back to 1925, which showed little ice from the 1930s to the 1950s. So why did the New York Times cherry pick 1979 as their start date? Because it came at the end of three of the coldest US winters on record , and Arctic sea ice was at a century peak. The graph below combines the 1985 DOE graph with the 1990 IPCC graph. If the New York Times authors had bothered to research their own paper, they could have found this out for themselves. It was very warm in the Arctic in 1958 Three years later, the New York Times reported a unanimous consensus that earth was cooling. By 1970, the Arctic climate was becoming more frigid, the ice was getting “ominously thicker” – and scientists were worried about a new ice age. The polar ice cap had expanded 12% by 1975, after shrinking 12% before 1958. Icelandic ports were blocked with ice for the first time in the 20th century. By hiding all the data before the 1979 peak, the New York Times is defrauding its readers. Arctic climate is cyclical – not linear. Ninety-five years ago, the Arctic was having a meltdown. Eighty years ago, the Arctic was having a meltdown. Sixty five years ago, the Arctic was having a meltdown. Then the New York Times went on to obscure their graph (below) to hide the fact that there has been a large increase in minimum extent since 2012. Note the “End of summer minimum” label is at the 2012 minimum – not the 2017 minimum. The Arctic minimum extent has been increasing for a decade. The New York Times doesn’t want their readers to know this. The New York Times is defrauding their readers at many levels. It is the fake news we have learned to expect from them.