Due to earth's rising temperatures, ice the Arctic is melting at an alarming rate. The ice meltdown rates in the region are at an all-time high, according to a new report. Through September 11, the polar region at the northernmost part of the planet has lost sea ice about the size of Texas, Montana, California and New Mexico states combined.

The current rates of sea ice meltdown led to the fourth-lowest sea ice extent on record since last more than three decades when satellite data began. According to an announcement by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) on Monday, the southerly route of Northwest Passage through Canada and the Northern Sea Route north of Russia were available to navigate this year's summers.

Walt Meier, sea ice scientist with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, said, "This year is the fourth lowest, and yet we haven't seen any major weather event or persistent weather pattern in the Arctic this summer that helped push the extent lower as often happens".

According to Meier, some areas of the Arctic were bit warmers this summer than last year, but there were some areas too that were cooler than last year. It has been found that ice in the Arctic has become less resilient, and is taking very less time to melt, Meier added.

Environmentalists around the world are urging people to fight pollution, but earlier results are not favoring their efforts. Temperatures of the planet are easily the hottest in 2015 and it will be very difficult to predict anything about 2016.