2040 will no longer have ice in the Arctic?

The European Space Agency (ESA) said nearly 200 satellite images in September showed that the size of the Arctic iceberg along Canada, Alaska and Greenland has dropped to a record low.

In just one year, 1 million km ² of Arctic ice disappeared. Meanwhile, an average of 100,000 km ² in the last 10 years has melted the Arctic ice. According to Mr. Leif Pedersen at Dan National Space Center

Icebreaker (Photo: TP)

Circumstances, such a level of ice melting within a year, will cause the Arctic ice to disappear earlier than expected.

A UN climate change committee once predicted that the Arctic ice would no longer be available in 2070 when the temperature on Earth increased. However, some experts argue that the moment when there is no ice in the Arctic is in 2040 if the melting speed continues.

Recently, the race to assert sovereignty over the Arctic between five countries is Russia, the United States, Canada, Norway and Denmark when Russia sends two small submarines to conduct surveys and flag down. Arctic sea bottom.

According to US research, up to 25% of the world's oil and gas reserves are in the Arctic, every country wants to assert sovereignty.

DH (Summary)