Russian scientist Alexander Makarov, director of the Institute for Arctic and Antarctic Studies, announced that the Arctic may be free of summer ice by the end of the twenty-first century.
In an interview with Russian news agency RIA Novosti, the scientist pointed out that in the summer at the end of the twenty-first century, the Arctic Ocean will be completely ice-free.
“It’s clear that warming is likely to continue, and it’s two or three times faster in the Arctic than the planet as a whole. The amount of ice has decreased drastically over the past 50 years. Summer dropped an average of 13.5 percent throughout the year. Decade. Absolutely no summer snow likely by the end of the century. ” will be. ”
And, he added, last year scientists noted a certain stability to temperatures and ice in the Arctic. The lowest ice was in 2007 and 2012.
“Some assumptions will have a stabilization phase in Arctic temperatures and ice between 2030 and 2050. So the warming may not be severe,” he said.
Source: RIA Novosti
Source: Arabic RT
