A team of Norwegian researchers has identified dramatic changes in Arctic ice patterns that have accelerated since 2007. According to Gismeteo, since then, multi-year sea ice has begun to thin noticeably, and every year it is getting more intense.
Oceanographers analyzed the state of ice in the waters of the Fram Strait. It turned out that the area of multi-year ice, which previously spread significantly to the north, is now much more limited.
The anomalously warm conditions recorded in 2005–07, and, in addition, the warming of water near the coasts of Siberia and Alaska could be prerequisites for the processes observed today.
Last fall, Bloomberg materials indicated that the Greenland ice was melting much faster than predicted. And this despite the fact that the Greenland shield is the second most powerful on the planet.
UN Secretary-General Guterres recently said that the last eight years have seen the most significant warming, and this has worried a number of transnational climate organizations.
However, it is worth remembering that the Arctic has experienced warming at least three times over the past six centuries.
Source: Rosbalt
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