Steep rise in Arctic ice volume

 This will be the chart to watch.  The NOAA temperature chart will become later and later, and more obscure, as the bad news comes in.

The Arctic ice extent is still going down, so this means the ice is thickening.  There are no heating events in the Pacific, so that by my hypothesis, it's just getting colder.  I'm always waiting for something to blow my hypothesis out of the water -- neat.

ps.  the Atlantic belt looks played out.  However, one hurricane, and one heatwave is all it takes to keep the warmies going.

pps.

and the polar bears are going extinct.