Arctic Is Warming Faster Than In Any Part Of Earth For Two Years Now; Find Out What Scientists Say
Arctic warming is faster than any part of Earth for the second consecutive year now, as indicated in the second report of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, according to a report on the Christian Science Monitor.
The average surface air temperature from October last year to October this year was about 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit more than the baseline in 1981 to 2010. Levels of ice and snow continue to decline and Arctic river increases its flow.
Speaking to Washington Post, Richard Spinrad, chief scientist of NOAA said he concluded that what the report about Arctic warming are "trailing indicators of what's happening in the Arctic. They can turn out to be leading indicators for the rest of the globe."
The authors of this report believe that these findings contribute to the higher sea levels and warming seas all over the globe.
The Arctic, which centers at the North Pole and runs into Eurasia and North America, reached 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit above the average in September. The Arctic warming was reported by Ada Carr, the highest temperature recorded since 1900, a report on the Inquisitr said.
According to NASA scientists in 2011, the earth's poles are warming much faster because of the broader pattern changes of the weather, bringing warmer air to the poles over time. This makes ice melt fast and as it does, more energy from the sun is absorbed so the melting rate is increased, and threaten the walrus population.
The walrus are forced on the land since even the oldest ice layers where walrus mothers want to give birth and raise their young are melting. The Arctic has two ice types: the younger surface ice, which come and go each year and the denser and older ice that forms the thicker lower layers of the Arctic.
The report said: "This is raising concern about the energetics of females and young animals that must now make feeding trips from coastal haul-outs to areas of high prey abundance ... rather than utilizing nearby ice edges as they did in the past."
