In the first half of the summer period of 2023, the ice cover in the Arctic melted and collapsed quite slowly, but since August, the processes of ice disintegration has been going much faster.
This was reported by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute.
According to experts, as a result of summer melting and disintegration, the ice area as of September decreased to 4.3 million square kilometers, as compared to the norm of 5.9 million square kilometers. This is 1.6 million square kilometers or 27% less than normal.
"The reduction in the area of ice this year was very significant, but not extreme," the institute concluded.
Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished
