A group of scientists from Russia after three months of observation the Arctic ice on the Earth of Frans Joseph concluded that their stocks are constantly decreasing. 
Photos from open sources In addition, a noticeable start relocation to higher latitudes of those species of living organisms, whose range previously spread much further south. Explanation only global warming can serve such changes. To get a real picture of what is happening, the researchers examined 42 of the 191 islands in the archipelago. On each of them thinning of the ice cover since the last Soviet expeditions in 1957. New maps were also created. living species of animals and birds. Of the 20 species of birds on the archipelago 4 species usually settled much farther south, and only warming forced their advance north. The archipelago has also been discovered representatives of rare species of mosquitoes. Final conclusions on An expedition will be made next year. Unknown whether the final data will be taken into account, as long as the Russian authorities do not see a special problem in global warming, on the contrary, they believe that for Russians, an increase in temperature by 2-3 ° C will be beneficial, as they do not have to wear fur coats. However experts in this area admit that warming could negatively affect energy infrastructure in Arctic countries, and in the south it will lead to the disappearance of fertile lands.
Arctic Global Warming Birds Russia
