The Arctic Sea is gradually becoming ice-free
One morning, we will hear that all the trees in the Amazon rainforest have vanished. Or finding out that the Arctic Sea in the North Pole has become ice-free. Panic is bound to ensue. Scientists have expressed such a fear.
At the rate at which the ice in the Arctic Sea is melting, we will soon see an ice-free Arctic or North Pole. Scientists are analyzing the temperature of the earth and are seeing that a large part of the ice in the Arctic Sea will melt by 2030. This information has been stated in a research paper published in the journal Nature Communications.
Scientists have predicted the appearance of an ice-free Arctic using computer simulations. Alexandra Jan, a scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder, stated that the Arctic will experience different weather changes without ice.
Ice-free can seriously affect the climate and environment of the world. As a result, the Arctic Sea in the North Pole will be completely ice-free for the first time. The natural environment of the Arctic is changing fundamentally. Sea ice and snow are melting due to greenhouse gas emissions.
Generally, the climate is warming due to increasing greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, Arctic Sea ice is disappearing by about 12 percent per decade. The Arctic Sea ice extent was at its lowest in September this year.
This year, the least amount of ice has been recorded since 1978. This year, the minimum amount of ice covering an area was 4.28 million square kilometers.
Incidentally, an ice-free Arctic does not mean that there will be no ice in the sea. If the amount of ice in the sea is less than one million square kilometers, the Arctic will be considered an ice-free area.
According to the forecast of Arctic sea ice changes, it is said that the sea may be ice-free for one day in 2027. And the first ice-free month may be seen by 2030.
