The Arctic sea ice melting season has started
http://neven1.typepad.com/blog/2018/03/the-2018-melting-season-has-started.html#more
This year's maximum is a shade higher than last year's, which appears to be have been the all-time record for 'lowest maximum'. The 2018 max also came a few days after the 2017 date.
Could this mean we've reached some kind of turning point, a reversal in the collapse of the polar ice cap? I doubt it. But look at all those black dots, and you tell me.
http://neven1.typepad.com/.a/6a0133f03a1e37970b01b7c95aba35970b-800wi