Water surface temperature in some areas of the Barents Sea rose 5 degrees above normal. This is the conclusion of the annual research conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (Institute of Marine Research).
A photo from open sources © Vladislav Shurpenkov | Shutterstock.com According to the director of the institute program for climate study Randy Ingwaldsen, temperature rise indicates global warming. Temperature jumps can be associated with unusually warm summers in the north of the continental Norway and the Russian Kola Peninsula. Moreover, researchers note that reaching the Norwegian Sea the Atlantic currents were warmer than usual. Scientists indicate that since 1951 the temperature in the surface layer of the sea north of The Kola Peninsula did not rise in the direction of the ice border high. The ice boundary in the Barents Sea runs 84 degrees north latitude, 4 degrees north of the Norwegian Svalbard, clarifies the publication “Murmansk Bulletin”. For the temperature norm were average values of water surface temperature in the Barents are accepted the sea, recorded during the period from 1929 to 2007, according to the portal “Local”. Temperature indicators in the bottom areas remain in normal limits.
Water
