A infografia mostra a extensão de gelo no mar Ártico para 15 Set 2020 e a comparação com a extensão de gelo em 2012.
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Aquecimento reduz gelo no Ártico para o segundo nível mais baixo no registo

September 22, 2020 - O gelo no mar Ártico cobriu 3,74 mihões de quilómetros quadrados a 15 de setembro, a menor área este ano e a segunda menor desde que começaram os registos por imagem de satélite há 42 anos.

This year’s melt is second only to 2012, when the ice shrank to 3.4 million square kilometres (1.3 million square miles), according to the National Snow and Ice Data Centre.

In the 1980s, the ice cover was about 2.7 million square kilometres (1 million square miles) bigger than current summer levels.

Arctic sea ice reaches its low point in September and its high in March after the winter.

Data centre director Mark Serreze said a Siberian heat wave last spring and a natural Arctic climate phenomenon were at play as well as the warming from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. Temperatures for much of the year were 8 to 10 degrees Celsius (14-18°F) above normal in the Siberian Arctic.

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PUBLISHED: 25/09/2020; STORY: Graphic News
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