Ice in the Arctic is likely to disappear by 2030

The Arctic ice has melted with unprecedented speed this past summer. US scientists warn that global warming may cause the Arctic ice to disappear by September 2030.

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According to the annual report of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) of the University of Colorado (US) last week, the Arctic ice cover area has dropped to about 3 million square kilometers, the third lowest. since the ice area in the Arctic began to be measured.

In September 2030 the ice will disappear in the Arctic. (Photo: Telegraph)

" This is the third time the Arctic ice cover area has dropped to less than 5 million square kilometers, according to the analysis of satellite images and all of them have taken place in the last four years ," the report revealed.

In August 2010, an independent report by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also showed that the Arctic covered area is decreasing at an alarming rate . The agency said the Arctic ice area after summer 2010 had fallen to 3.7 million kilometers, 22% lower than the average ice cover area from 1979 to 2000.

NOAA also said that the Arctic ice cover area in August was the second lowest since the agency began measuring ice in the Arctic in 1979. The lowest coverage area was recorded. received in August 2007 with about 2.5 million km2.

Dr. Mark Serreze, director of the NSIDC center, said that skeptics about climate change may be happy when the Arctic cover area is not at its lowest level this summer, but it would be wrong to arguing that these are signs that climate change is slowing.

' The Arctic ice cover area has only dropped to a low of 3 in history. However, we still have to worry because there has not been any sign of recovery yet. The melting speed of ice in the Arctic has still increased by 11% in the last century, 'warned Mark Serreze.

The NSIDC director also predicted that the Arctic ice sheet might disappear by 2030 , he said: ' If you set foot on the North Pole on the first day of September 2030, you might not see it. ice here '.