The drop in sea ice area from 1979 to 2006 was caused by global warming melting the Arctic, and the rise back to 1979 levels since 2007 was also caused by global warming changing wind Antarctic patterns – and freshening the south polar seas through glacial melting.

So basically, the competing processes of global warming and global warming have cancelled each other out.

After hearing mindless crap like this from government scientists, useful idiots in the press nod their heads and imagine they are hearing cutting edge science.