2007 is 'International Polar Year'

According to researchers from 60 countries, 2007 will be " the international polar year " with many research projects on climate change at the two ends of the Earth. Nearly $ 440 million is contributed by countries to this giant research program.

This is the fourth time that the five international poles have been organized (the previous years include 1882-83, 1932-33, 1957-1958), but this is the first international polar year specializing in gas change research post-polar.

With a contribution of $ 132 million for the program, Canada is the largest contributor to the country when it accounts for more than a third of the Arctic region. According to world environmental experts, Arctic is seen as a "barometer" of climate changes in the world and from March 2007, scientists will carry out the first research on the work. human movement for climate change. As expected, these studies will be conducted within two years.

Scientists identify studies of the " world polar year " that allow people to predict the evolution of the Earth's climate in the next five years or even the next 20 years.

Polar ice sheets (Photo: TTO)

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