Climate Change - Arctic sea ice
The area of Arctic sea ice is largest in March each year, and at its lowest each September.
It is reducing over time - the graphs come from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center.
The NSIDC also publish this graph, which is normally updated every day.
More graphs and other data are also available from the Arctic Data Archive System, operated by the Japanese Arctic Environmental Observation Center.
Research suggests the remarkable decline of Arctic sea ice over the last century is far beyond anything seen for a long time.