The ice cover in the Arctic has decreased to historic lows. This figure is fixed for the second year in a row, according to the US National Center for the Study of Snow and ice cover the earth (NSIDC).
According to the center, the ice cover of the Arctic area as at 24 March 2016 amounted to 14.52 million square meters . km. A year earlier the figure was 14, 54 million square feet. km.
This winter ice area was less than the average in all areas of the Arctic, with the exception of the Labrador Sea, Baffin Bay and Hudson Strait. Especially strongly reduced ice cover in the Barents Sea, say US scientists. In addition, the winter ice growth has been sluggish this year.
The center specialists have found that air temperatures over the Arctic Ocean in December, January and February was 6.2 degrees Celsius above average in almost all regions of the Arctic .
«The Arctic is in crisis. And the processes taking place here will influence the weather in the Northern Hemisphere, “- he said the lead scientist Ted center Skambos
The study was conducted on the basis of data obtained from satellites.. They keep track of the state of Arctic sea ice is already 37 years old
The decrease in ice area in the Arctic began to celebrate in 2005, when it was first raised a record low for the period of satellite observations
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