Will we see a fourth straight year of record low Arctic ice volume?

The big Arctic news remains the staggering decline in multiyear ice — and hence ice volume.  If we get near the Arctic's sea ice area (or extent) seen in recent years this summer, then this will likely mean the fourth straight year of record low ice volume.

Yes, the anti-science crowd — and much of the media — remain stuck in two-dimensional thinking.  So the headlines last month were mostly about how the Arctic ice was supposedly "recovering" to the 1979-2000 average.  Now, it was...