text: Figure 2b. The graph above shows Arctic sea ice extent decline per decade since satellite observations began in 1979. 1979 to 1989 is shown in light pink, the 1990s in dark pink, the 2000s in magenta, and the 201os in purple. 2019 is shown in a thick purple line ending on July 31, 2019, while the 2012 record low is also marked. ||Credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center|High-resolution image