The period of melting ice on the Antarctic Peninsula has lengthened over the past 60 years, almost doubled, the study says. published in the Journal of Geophysical Research. 
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Scientists from the British National Center for the Study of Antarctic (BAS) studied the history of ice melting in the Antarctic peninsula affected by global warming stronger than the rest of the mainland and causes the most severe ice loss. They analyzed the results. meteorological observations made at 30 polar stations peninsula since 1948, as well as ice melting maps compiled by according to satellite data 1999-2009. “Over the past 60 years, summer the season has become longer – data from all 30 indicate this stations. On one of them, the period with temperatures above zero almost doubled between 1948 and 2011, and continues to lengthen, “said study leader Nick Barrand (Nick Barrand). According to meteorological data, in Antarctica is stronger than in other regions of the planet global warming. According to previous research BAS, average annual temperatures in Antarctica increased three degrees Celsius since 1950 – that’s three times more than the average on the planet. According to the calculations of climatologists, for the last 20 years, the planet’s southern ice cap has lost about 2.94 trillion tons of ice, which led to an increase in sea level of 1.1 centimeter.
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