Unexpectedly, there is a warmer Arctic day than many European countries

The Arctic - a year-round frosty place is now suffering from many waves of hot air, causing temperatures to rise above 0 degrees C.

If you're in Europe, you may be suffering from cold wind cuts to bone, because temperatures in many countries are below 0 ° C. However at this time in the Arctic, things are going in the opposite direction.

According to data from Cape Morris Jesup meteorological station in the northernmost point of Greenland, this place has experienced more than 1 day temperature greater than 0. The average temperature here is higher than normal to 25 ° C. While at this point in the past, it usually fell to around -30 ° C.

* Note: warmer than normal, not the temperature here is 25 ° C.

is declining miserably.

This event caused the Bering Sea (North Pacific Sea area) to witness a record low ice volume since the data was monitored in 1979. Sea waves appeared, ice sheets broke off at the extreme poles. Western Alaska, in the meantime should all be completely frozen.

"An unprecedented phenomenon," said Brain Brettschneider, an environmental expert at Alaska Fairbanks University. "The amount of ice here is lower than any period in the past, since the satellite era was born."

In other words, this is a worrying result. According to Mashable, the rate of such ice is even the lowest in 1,500 years, based on the test of permafrost here.

At times, European temperatures are lower than the Arctic region.

Return to the meteorological station at Cape Moris Jesup. This is a headland just 640km from the Arctic. Previously, only exactly 2 times this station recorded temperatures above 0, that is in February 2011 and 2017.

But in February 2018 alone, the station had to witness this phenomenon happening up to 5 times.

Meanwhile in Europe, many countries are suffering from cold winds with tornadoes, causing the temperature to be lower than the average temperature of about 19 ° C. At times, European temperatures are lower than the Arctic region.

According to the Washington Post, the closest Arctic to the melting ice in winter is December 2016. And now, experts are concerned that such melting events will occur more often, because the impact of hot air from the surrounding areas is becoming increasingly common.

Frozen ink in the Bering Sea for many years.Red line is the period of 2017 - 2018 - is at a very low level.

Of course, this phenomenon will affect all of us. A warm Arctic, meaning that sea level will rise, dragging climate change on a global scale.