- Climate Change: Arctic Sea Ice Cover Headed To Its Lowest Level On Record | last month Arctic sea ice spread over an area of 4.63 million square miles — 224,000 square miles below the previous record low for May reported in 2004 and 537,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 average. http://www.ibtimes.com/climate-change-arctic-sea-ice-cover-headed-its-lowest-level-record-2379491 3 comments worldnews