Arctic Sea ice at an all time low

Recent satellite imagery from NASA's Goddard Space flight center shows a dramatic shrinking of ice on the Arctic Sea, the most it has seen in three decades. According to NASA, the extent of the ice measured on August 26, 2012 covered 1.58 million square miles breaking the previous record of 1.61 million set on September 18, 2007. Scientists do predict the ice cap to continue melting this month before it grows during the winter months. The line on the image shows where the ice cap was back in 1979 displaying a gradual decline since that time.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/arctic-seaice-2012.html