Scientists have found causes rapid melting of ice in the Arctic - RIA FederalPress

MOSCOW, February 3, RIA FederalPress. Climatologists have explained the reasons why the Arctic heats up quickly, and its glaciers are melting.

main reason for this anomalous phenomena have been linked to changes in temperature gradient height. In the troposphere, the temperature decreases by 0,65 ? C with every one hundred meters in height, and Arctic air is initially at a lower temperature and lower humidity. This does not give him mixed with a lighter air in the upper atmosphere, and all the heat is concentrated at the surface, writes “Mir24».

second reason turned albedo – reflectivity of the Arctic is reduced due to the constant melting ice exempting soil. This contributes to the heating of the surface.

third reason explains Planck’s law, which states that the colder the temperature of the radiating surface, the greater the increase in temperature is necessary in order to balance the process.