The process of ice disappearance in high latitudes is accelerating every year and endangers the well-being of millions of residents of the Arctic regions and the animals that live there, as reported by the press service of the Perm National Research Polytechnic University of Russia.
As scientists have established, the melting of ice occurs due to changes in atmospheric circulation and the influx of heat from more southern latitudes. First of all, the change in the area of sea ice in the Arctic is due to the influence of atmospheric circulation in the Barents Sea area.
The changing climate increases the likelihood of rain-on-snow in the autumn-winter period. Because of the ice crust that it forms, for example, reindeer cannot get to the feeding pastures.
In addition, if sea ice completely disappears in the Barents and Kara Seas, the sea level will rise significantly. This threatens to flood coastal zones where tens of millions of people live.
Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished
