Blue and Green: The latest data from Europes CryoSat has revealed that Arctic sea ice in October was slightly lower than that recorded in 2013. However, researchers added that the data does not necessarily indicate a turn in the long-term downward trend.
In 2012 Arctic sea ice cover shrank to its lowest ever point. According to a study average ice volume between 2003 and 2008 was 11,900 cubic km in the autumn months, but between 2010 and 2012 this dropped by over a third to 7,600 cubic km.
Arctic sea ice...