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Arctic Ice June 2011The sun is the main driver of climate and weather.  The Arctic solar year could be plotted as a graph of the angle of the sun relative to the horizon,  negative in winter and positive in summer.  The graph would be a very neat waveform which varied little in amplitude or in frequency on decadal timescales.  B

Arctic Ice July 2011 - UpdateAre we headed for another 2007 style crash ?In my Arctic Ice March 2011 - Update #1,  I gave these figures for September minimum -an extent below 4 million km2 is highly probable.an extent below 3 million km2 is entirely possible if Arctic weather continues to follow the overall trends of the last decade.In April I