[Must be the new math: During three straight years of "worst-case" melting, Arctic sea ice extent *grew* by over 7,000 Manhattans?] - The Daily Green

More concerning for humans is this: As it becomes clear that the worst-case melting scenarios are taking place, does that mean that the worst-case predictions for other aspects of global warming are inevitable? Wildfires, droughts, crop failure, sea-level rise, massive rates of species extinctions, extreme weather close to home, heat waves ... each could appear more quickly, and have more severe impacts than the public expects.

Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis

Average ice extent for August was 5.98 million square kilometers (2.31 million square miles), 1.69 million square kilometers (653,000 square miles) below the 1979 to 2000 average, but 620,000 square kilometers (240,000 square miles) above the average for August 2007