As per reports being retrieved from National Snow and Ice Data Centre from Colorado, it has been revealed that Arctic sea level is dropping with passage of time. The record has further revealed that the ice extension is not more than 6.53 million square kilometers, which is said to be the lowest since 34 years.

Before the current data was unveiled, September 2007 data was considered to be the lowest one, but now things have gone even worse. Experts said that July 2012 could be the season where maximum melting would be observed at Arctic sea.

One of the main reasons for which Arctic ice has been melting is the presence of open water that comes from the Atlantic side, which includes Kara, Laptev and East Siberian seas.

It shall however, be noted that Arctic Ocean is not the only place where melting has been observed. It has been noticed by NASA that Greenland ice sheet has been witnessing melting and July seems to have taken thing to a different level.

“Summer sea ice extent decline and the early northern hemisphere snow melt, the pace of Greenland surface melt suggests that 2012 is yet another interesting summer in the Arctic”, said officials from National Snow and Ice Data Centre.