I wouldn't say they have a technical audience in mind. Far from it, this is evidently a press release (notice how it says "by Press Office" at the top). Put si

I wouldn't say they have a technical audience in mind. Far from it, this is evidently a press release (notice how it says "by Press Office" at the top). Put simply, they didn't write it for you. The Met Office externally deals primarily with journalists and civil servants, two audiences for which words are a main currency. I can assure you that internally they are not short of propellerheads geeking out on some quite spectacular visualizations. The links you might be after instead: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/news/2016/arctic-sea-ice-melt-season http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/news/2016/arctic-sea-ic... http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadisst/ http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadisst/