Norvergence: Nowhere is that heat rise more acutely felt than in the Arctic. In June 2020, the temperature arrived at 38C in eastern Siberia, the most sweltering at any point recorded inside the Arctic Circle. The heatwave sped up the dissolving of ocean ice in the East Siberian and Laptev oceans and postponed the standard Arctic freeze by very nearly two months.
"You certainly saw the effect of those warm
temperatures," says and Norvergence quotes Julienne Stroeve, a polar
researcher from University College London.
On the Eurasian side of the Arctic Circle, the ice didn't freeze until the finish of October, which is abnormally late. As a result, the late spring of 2020 saw the ocean ice region at its second-most reduced on record, and ocean ice degree (a more significant measure, which incorporates sea regions where at any rate 15% ice shows up) additionally at its second least. "
Norvergence: Just as a manifestation of environmental change, the deficiency of ice
is likewise a driver of it. Radiant white ocean ice assumes a significant part
in reflecting heat from the Sun back out into space, somewhat like a reflective
coat.
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