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According to recent studies, the temperature in the Arctic is rising not just fast, but at an alarming rate. Last year was the highest air temperature recorded for everything observation time, which broke many years of records.
Researchers report that in 2015 the temperature in the Arctic reached its maximum. “Warming in the Arctic occurs in two times faster than anywhere else, “said climatologist Rick Spinrad in his report at the annual American Conference Geophysical Union in San Francisco.
The sharp warming and melting of ice in the Arctic regions is already caused many changes in the life of the flora and fauna of the northern regions planets, say climate scientists.
“Air temperature above the surface of the Arctic in 2015 exceeded the permissible norm by 1.3 degrees Celsius, “- mentioned in report by researchers from the National University of the Oceanic and atmospheric research. Similar anomalies in this region last met in 1900.
In addition, the height of sea ice dropped to the level of 1979. According to recent data, the Arctic ice began to melt at a speed 13.4% every ten years. In this regard, almost half of Greenland in 2015 almost freed from ice.
These changes led to the emergence of phytoplankton and the development of algae in the waters of the Arctic, which is the result of warming upper layers of water by the sun. Global warming has also led to migration of walruses and many fish species that are looking for new territories for existence. The fact is that heat-loving animals, noticing new warm habitat, they immediately want to master it. It brings local residents have many problems. If something like this go on and on, in the next 50 years, life on our planet will change a lot, scientists say.
Arctic Life
