Greenland and Iceland saw record heat in May. What does that mean for the world?
Augmented with the change of climate caused by a person Iceland and Greenland Scientists said in a tone on Wednesday that the temperatures in several degrees while determining the record may heat the wave, which raises concerns about the distant -range effects that melt the ice in the North Pole of the weather all over the world.
Greenland Ice melted several times faster than usual during the heat wave, according to the analysis conducted by the world from the weather, with at least two together in record temperatures for the month of May. Parts of Iceland witnessed temperatures of more than 10 ° C (18 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than the average, and the country scored a record in a temperature of its warmest in May when Escarstareer Airport reached 26.6 ° C (79.9 Fahrenheit) on May 15.
The results come International leaders Put more focus on Greenland, a semi -independent area in Denmark, following the comments of US President Donald Trump that he wants to annex the island rich in minerals.
Burning fossil fuels for electricity and transportation releases pollutants such as carbon dioxide, which causes the planet to heat an abnormal speed. The Arctic is one of the fastest places that confuse the face of the earth.
The analysis said that even in the climate of today, the occurrence of such a strong thermal wave in the region is relatively rare, with a 1 % chance in one year. “Without a person’s climate, such an event will be” mainly impossible. “
The intense heat was 40 times more likely compared to the climate before industry.
Global monuments of the North Pole, melting
Auto said this event is the harsh weather affects the world.
When the ice shell dissolves in Greenland, it releases huge amounts of fresh water in the salty oceans. Scientists say this can slow down Trading Atlantic length linesThe ocean stream that rotates the water from the Gulf of Mexico across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe and then the Arctic.
Such a slowdown can disturb world climate and weather patterns.
“The nature of the weather in the northern hemisphere is directly linked to what is happening in the Arctic, because this ice ground at the bottom of the atmosphere helps in determining the weather patterns that we get,” said Wilda Abdati, who heads the Environmental Sciences Institute at Colorado Buldand. He did not participate in the analysis of the First World War.
The ice cover in Greenland and other ice that covers the Arctic can affect a place and when the wind blows, and the number of water content enjoyed by the wind and whether the rain falls like rain or snow.
Most of the melting of the ice cover occurs in Greenland in June, July and August. May Heat Wave means that there will be a longer melting season this year.
Ice and glaciers also dissolve Sea level rise This threatens to dump the coast globally and overwhelms the low island countries in the Pacific Ocean.
Greenland’s indigenous communities are increasingly facing dangerous travel conditions as the marine ice that has been constantly freezed in melting begins. Access to traditional hunting sites is lost, and the laxative dogs can no longer travel in the same ways. The melting of the frosty soil can claim the stability of buildings and increases the risk of landslides and tsunami caused by landslides.
Greenland rejects the benefit from us
Greenland has recently been paid on the world stage Trump’s interest in its annexation. Arctic Island Rich in oil, gas and rare ground mineralsAnd its proximity to the United States, Russia and Europe has a geopolitical attractiveness.
Prime Minister in Greenland Jenns Friedrich Nielsen “It will never be a piece of property that can be purchased by anyone only,” Greenland said.
TWila Moon, the deputy major scientists at the American National Snow and Ice Media Center, said it is necessary for Greenland to lead decisions on their lands. “Certainly an important part of this conversation revolves around climate change and climate effects,” she said. She was not involved in the analysis of World War I.
Moon said that the climate affects Greenland, especially the warm global temperatures, from good sources such as countries and industries with high pollutants. She said that procedures such as conversion to solar energy or wind energy and a transformation into the means of transportation from which pollution creates positive climatic effects for distant people.
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