Arctic sea ice cover fell to record low for May
Data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre revealed that average Arctic sea ice extent in May 2016 was 5,80,000 square-kilometre smaller than the previous record-low of 2004. It was also around 13.9 lakh square-kilometre below the 1981-2010 average. The average ice loss during May 2016 was 61,000 square kilometre per day – faster than the 1981-2010 average.