Artic sea ice covers second lowest area on record

The reduction in summer sea ice in the Arctic is seen by scientists as a strong indicator of how climate change is accelerating. All of the lowest amounts of summer sea ice have been recorded in the last ten years. Meanwhile, March 2016 was when the area of winter sea ice reached the lowest maximum on record.

Scientists suspect that this summer's sea ice is actually around 5cm thinner than usual, which means that although the amount of sea covered by ice might not be the lowest ever recorded, the amount of ice by volume might actually be the lowest ever.

Photo by Gerard Van der Leun.

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