Ice Melting in Antarctica
Arctic sea ice boundary in 1979
Ice Meltin is a fhenomen which consist in a fusion of Arctic ice. Sea levels could rise by more than a meter by 2100 with the melting of Arctic ice, causing flooding of coastal regions and potentially affecting a quarter of the world.
Air temperatures in the Arctic have increased almost twice as fast as the global average in recent decades.
The huge loss of sea ice due to warming twice as fast in Arctic with the rest of the world will affect the climate beyond the poles, Europe and North America may, for example, through unusually cold winters, while the Greenland may have warmer winters with the change of moisture and rising sea levels.
Moreover, the warming of the Arctic may become in itself an engine for global warming.
Air temperatures in the Arctic have increased almost twice as fast as the global average in recent decades.
The huge loss of sea ice due to warming twice as fast in Arctic with the rest of the world will affect the climate beyond the poles, Europe and North America may, for example, through unusually cold winters, while the Greenland may have warmer winters with the change of moisture and rising sea levels.
Moreover, the warming of the Arctic may become in itself an engine for global warming.
Arctic sea ice boundary in 1979
One meter by 2100 may not seem much at first, but when one thinks about places where huge masses of artificial islands or land beyond the coast are being built below sea level (Dubai or The Nederlands) the problem looks a lot more dangerous and urgent to solve.
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