Temperatures Over Arctic Ice Cap 9-12 C Above Avg. Over Past 4 Weeks - DMI
The drastic climate change has been causing problems to every living creature on the planet. On Thursday, scientists said that the scary high temperatures in the Arctic driven by heat-packed oceans and winds going northward have been reinforced by a "vicious circle" of climate change. In a recent report published in Japan Times, the Danish Meteorological Institute, which tracks hourly changes in Arctic weather, explained that the air above the polar ice cap has been 9 to 12 degrees Celsius above average over the last four weeks.
The temperatures recorded above the North Pole last week was 0 degree, a full 20 degrees Celsius above the levels that are typical for mid-November, explained Martin Stendel, a DMI climate researcher based in Copenhagen. "This is by far the highest recorded" in the era of satellite data, starting in 1979, he said.
At this time of year, open oceans should be freezing again. But that has not been happening at the usual pace, said Stendel. "Not only was the ice not growing as it would normally, there was further melting due to warm air coming in," he continued.
The U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center reported that the extent of ice in October was about 6.4 million square kilometers (2.5 million square miles), which is the lowest in record to date. Phys.Org also reported that on Sep. 16, the ice cover at the top of the globe decreased in size to its smallest area in 2016 at about 4.14 million sq km or 1.6 million sq mi.
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http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/52952/20161126/worsening-minute-overheated-arctic-sign-climate-change-vicious-circle.htm
