Satellite data shows Arctic sea ice coverage up 50% from 2012: ‘There’ll likely be more multi-year ice next year than there was this year’
'BBC News reports that data from Europe’s Cryosat spacecraft shows that Arctic sea ice coverage was nearly 9,000 cubic kilometers (2,100 cubic miles) by the end of this year’s melting season, up from about 6,000 cubic kilometers (1,400 cubic miles) during the same time last year.'