Arctic Sea Ice Tied for 10th-Lowest on Record

The summer 2022 extent of Arctic sea ice continued the downward trend under way since the 1980s.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Arctic Sea Ice Tied for 10th-Lowest on Record.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Story by Roberto Molar Candanosa/NASA’s Earth Science News Team.

Published September 22, 2022
Data acquired September 18, 2022