The collapse of a huge ice layer the Arctic
August 2008
His team of scientists yesterday, Tuesday, that the ice layer area 55 sq km north of the Arctic region of Canada, heartbreaking and is currently floating in the Arctic Ocean, in the latest indication of the rapid climate change that remote region.
The researchers said that the ice layer Markham - one of only five layers remain the Arctic - collapsed from the island Alisemr in early August last.
The researchers also pointed out that large blocs area of 122 square kilometres inseparable from the ice layer Sarsam, which led to the shrinking size by 60%.
He specialized in layers of ice Trent University in Ontario Derek Mueller that these events emphasizes rapid changes occurring Arctic Ocean.
He added that the total quantity of ice which has layers of ice this summer of up to 215 square kilometers or more than three times the area of Manhattan, United States.
It is noteworthy that the temperature of many areas of the Arctic have risen faster than the world average in recent decades, a development that experts say is linked to the phenomenon
Global warming
The researchers said that the ice layer Markham - one of only five layers remain the Arctic - collapsed from the island Alisemr in early August last.
The researchers also pointed out that large blocs area of 122 square kilometres inseparable from the ice layer Sarsam, which led to the shrinking size by 60%.
He specialized in layers of ice Trent University in Ontario Derek Mueller that these events emphasizes rapid changes occurring Arctic Ocean.
He added that the total quantity of ice which has layers of ice this summer of up to 215 square kilometers or more than three times the area of Manhattan, United States.
It is noteworthy that the temperature of many areas of the Arctic have risen faster than the world average in recent decades, a development that experts say is linked to the phenomenon
Global warming
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