https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ice-covering-arctic-ocean-is-disappearing-faster-than-normal-2072422
ce Covering Arctic Ocean Disappearing Faster Than Normal, Say Scientists
The rate of ice loss in the region is a crucial indicator for the
world's climate and a closely-watched metric by bordering nations
jostling for resources and trade routes.
World | (c) 2019, Bloomberg | Jeremy Hodges
July 20, 2019
Ice covering the Arctic Ocean reached the second-lowest level recorded
for this time of year after July temperatures spiked in areas around the
North Pole.
The rate of ice loss in the region is a crucial indicator for the
world's climate and a closely-watched metric by bordering nations
jostling for resources and trade routes. This month's melt is tracking
close to the record set in July 2012, the Colorado-based National Snow &
Ice Data Center said in a statement.
This year's heatwave in the Arctic Circle has led to record temperatures
in areas of Alaska, Canada and Greenland, extending long-term trends of
more ice disappearing. Ice flows are melting faster than average rates
observed over the last three decades, losing an additional 20,000 square
kilometers (12,427 miles) of cover per day -- an area about the size of
Wales.
Ice begins melting in the Arctic as spring approaches in the northern
hemisphere, and then it usually starts building again toward the end of
September as the days grow shorter and cooler. The U.K.'s Met Office
said that the chance of a record low by September "is higher than it has
been in the previous few years."
This summer, several dramatic images showing the pace and extent of
Arctic ice melt have been seen around the world underlining the harsh
reality of global warming and the struggle governments face in trying to
slow it down. Globally, June was the hottest year on record, according
to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.
The satellite service said that an "unprecedented" number of wild fires
are currently raging in the Arctic Circle with over 100 burning in the
last few weeks in the Sakha Republic of Siberia and Alaska.
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