Disappearing Arctic Ice
The relentless retreat of the Arctic’s summertime sea ice accelerated this summer, reaching an all-time record low coverage for June at the end of last month. Arctic sea ice coverage dropped to a June record low of 4.09 million square miles.
The U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Centre says the polar sea ice extent in June was 100,000 square miles smaller than in 2010, when the previous record low coverage was set for June.
The remaining ice was measured at 525,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 long-term average.
March was the only month so far this year that a new record low for Arctic sea ice coverage wasn’t set.
After a winter of record warmth, ice is currently melting 70 percent faster than the summer average.
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