The arctic temperatures and arctic ice extent varies in a very predictable 60 - 70 year cycle that relates to ocean cycles which are likely driven by solar changes. (tamino.wordpress.com)
In short, 2008's summer arctic ice extent observation is not a wheel off the GW bandwagon — it is one more nail in the coffin of denialism. (grist.org)
That was a major motivation to predict a significant positive shift in arctic ice extent for this September. (searcharcticscience.org)