Antarctic sea ice shrank to a record low for the month
![An arched iceberg along the Antarctic Peninsula, taken June 17, 2022. (Image credit: Dan Costa/National Science Foundation/Creative Commons: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) An arched iceberg along the Antarctic Peninsula, taken June 17, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2022-07/2022June17-Iceberg-arch-Dan-Costa-HR.jpg?h=c61a64dd&itok=2XXfvk9w)
An arched iceberg along the Antarctic Peninsula, taken June 17, 2022. Last month Antarctic sea ice extent reached a record low for June, at 4.68 million square miles — or about 471,000 square miles below average. (Image credit: Dan Costa/National Science Foundation/Creative Commons: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)