Global sea ice records broken again
And yet, this chart is a quintessential story of data representation manipulation, worthy of being included in textbooks (if there are any on this topic).<p>1) Lines for years with low ice area are marked bold, when high-ice years (e.g. 2013 or 2015) are shown with thin lines.<p>2) Color scheme is deliberately confusing, with some colors  are almost identical (1993 vs 2015, anyone?)<p>3) The data set is started with 1978, one of the colder years. If it would have been 1979 or 1974, the story would have been less immediately visible.<p>While I am not saying there isn&#x27;t a trend, and 2016 is clearly an anomalous year (but what about this year _was_ normal?), visible manipulations like these quickly destroy any remaining trust in climate science, advancing the other side&#x27;s cause.