In winter, the temperature anomaly in the Russian Arctic was 1.62 °C, in summer - 0.93 °C. Spring temperature was close to normal, and the highest average temperature anomaly was recorded in autumn at 1.96 °C.
Specialists at Roshydromet published a new review of the state and pollution of the environment in the Russian Federation for 2023 featuring the temperature data.
The decrease in the area of sea ice cover associated with an increase in temperature is the most notable manifestation of global warming in the Arctic.
According to scientists from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, in the Arctic Ocean, the area occupied by ice at a seasonal minimum in September decreased by 2.2 times from 1980 to 2012.
In the waters of the Arctic seas, through which the Northern Sea Route runs, the ice cover in September has been decreasing since 1996 along with an increase in summer air temperature and has decreased eight times in ten years, from 1,892,000 square kilometers to 234,000 square kilometers.
In subsequent years, the area fluctuated near this level with a minimum value of 26,300 square kilometers in 2020. In 2021, the ice area in September increased by almost 200,000 square kilometers, and in 2023 it increased to 316,000 square kilometers, paluba.media reports.
Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished
