‘It was not just a marginal record’
It was the hottest year under 2024 records, and new research showed the destructive effect of these heat waves on the north pole.
What’s happening?
Like New scientist Researchers found that within six weeks, Svalbard’s archipelago lost 1% of the ice cover and equivalent to 62 gigaton. This was enough to raise the global sea levels by 0.16 millimeters, which is a completely sustainable ratio.
Thomas Schuler of the University of Oslo broke the past records: “It was shocking. It was not just a marginal record.
Svalbard is in a rare population of Norway. Hosts a global seed case containing 1.3 million examples It serves as a protection against any future global disaster from around the world. More than half of the land mass of the islands is covered with ice. Although some melting was typical in summer, an average date of 10 gigaton. For 2024, total ice loss is more than six times the average due to the surface melting caused by the rising air temperatures.
Why is sea loss so worrying?
Heat waves are the product of planetary heating pollution directed by human activity, and the North Pole warms much faster than other places. According to a study, heating rate four times The rest of the world. This will accelerate sea ice loss, lead to rising sea levels, and risk many coastal settlements at risk. Indeed, some islands could soon disappear.
It is also an excellent reproductive area for destructive hurricanes such as Helene and Milton. Such excessive weather events will only become frequent and dense.
What to do about sea ice loss?
Hard measures may be required soon to take more time to reduce harmful pollution worldwide. Direct human interventions to thickening of sea ice in winter Limited scale. It is seen whether these experiments can be applied successfully on the scale.
No matter what, it is very important raise awareness Take individual and collective steps to slow down the seriousness and melt of the problem. Clean to adopt, renewable energy is an approach and Reduction of Wastes And Local action others.
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