Highlights
On September 3, ice extent fell below the seasonal minimum for 2009 to claim third lowest on record, with perhaps one to two weeks left in the melt season.
The daily rate of decline for August was 55,000 square kilometers (21,000 square miles) per day, close to the 1979 to 2000 average of 54,000 square kilometers (21,000 square miles).
August 2010 compared to past years
Ice extent for August 2010 was the second lowest in the satellite record for the month. The linear rate of decline of August ice extent over the period 1979 to 2010 is now 8.9% per decade.
The source article Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis .
