The Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph for July 15, 2019, shows that the Arctic Sea Ice Extent is now at a record low. 2012 currently stands out, the dashed green line, as the lowest summer ...

This graph shows the wax and wane of Arctic sea ice, year by year from 1979 to 2019, with the 2012 lowest minimum extent emphasized with the red dashed line.

Arctic sea ice grew until March 6 this year, covering 14.62 million square kilometres — nearly 1.5 times the size of Canada — at its peak, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center ...

A record low for the extent of Arctic sea ice continues a decades-long trend that is quickly upending the northern ecosystem and possibly affecting southern weather. “There might be some sea ice ...

The Arctic’s winter ice extent reached its lowest recorded level in March since satellite monitoring began in 1979. On March 21, 2025, the sea ice cover measured 14.45 million square kilometres ...

Arctic sea ice just reached its yearly minimum, ranking as the sixth lowest extent we've seen since 1979. Meanwhile, at the other end of the world, Antarctic sea ice just set its second alarming new ...

Sea ice has been shrinking at an average rate of about 5 per cent each decade. The centre said the maximum extent of this year's ice is more than a million square kilometres below the 30-year ...

According to the U.S.-based National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), on July 15, Arctic sea ice extent stood at 7.51 million square kilometres, 330,000 square kilometres below the record for ...

Arctic sea ice extent averaged at 14.39 million square kilometres (5.56 million square miles), placing it seventh lowest in the satellite record for the month, according to the Colorado-based centre.

The five lowest Arctic winter sea ice extents in have all happened since 2015. Meanwhile in Antarctica, there was nearly a record low extent after it underwent its summer melt period, but it didn't ...

Arctic sea ice extent for February 25, 2015 was 14.54 million square kilometres. The orange line shows the 1981 to 2010 median extent for that day. The black cross indicates the geographic North Pole.