Arctic sea ice shrinks to second-lowest low on record
![satellite image of Arctic sea ice minimum extent for 2016](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/091916_ticker_sea_ice_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
Arctic sea ice reached its smallest extent for the year on September 10, tying for the second-smallest minimum size on record. The orange line marks the 1981 through 2010 average sea ice extent for the date.
NOAA Climate.gov, NSIDC