Ice withdrawal 'shatters record'

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Ice withdrawal 'shatters record'

"Arctic sea ice shrank to the smallest area on record this year, US scientists have confirmed."

"We're on strong spiral of decline; some would say a death spiral. I wouldn't go that far but we're certainly on a fast track. We know there is natural variability but the magnitude of change is too great to be caused by natural variability alone."