Arctic Sea Ice Up 50 Percent From Last Year

According to the European Space Agency

Arctic sea ice last month was around 50 percent higher in volume compared with a year earlier, following a recovery in area this summer, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Monday.

This is some good news for the Arctic, but does not reverse a longer trend of decline, it said.

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"This is some good news for the Arctic, but does not reverse a longer trend of decline, it said."

Unless it does.
The claim is based on a *presumption* that a former trend will continue, much as the now-constant temps are called a 'hiatus' rather than a 'plateau'.