I see. But it&#x27;s still not clear if it&#x27;s part of a trend or not. What if the maximum arctic sea ice coverage is higher next year? That will show that 2016 record low wasn&#x27;t part of the trend and maybe was an anomaly. We can&#x27;t know that until more years have passed. I&#x27;m sure every year isn&#x27;t a new record low.<p>By the way, while I was researching that, I also found the &quot;global greening&quot; effect. This is what I&#x27;d like to see more of in mainstream media - interesting things happening with global warming that aren&#x27;t all bad. It would show less of a bias.