
It initially hit a record low this year and is on track for 2022 to be 30 percent below 1981 and 2010 levels — file photo
The European Union's Climate Monitoring Service has said that the extent of Antarctic sea ice fell to its lowest level recorded in February for the second year in a row.
According to a report published in the Dawn newspaper, data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service showed that on February 16, the ice-covered sea surface around frozen Antarctica shrank by 2.09 million square meters since satellite records began. is the lowest level.
Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said Antarctic ice cover has reached its lowest point in the 45-year satellite data record, while US government scientists have also confirmed a new record.
Initially, this year was at a record low, and in 2022 it is 30 percent lower than in 1981 and 2010.
Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said conditions of declining sea ice cover could have significant implications for the stability of the Antarctic ice shelf and global sea level rise.
He said that the polar ice cover is a sensitive indicator of the climate crisis, the melting of sea ice has no obvious effect on the sea level because the ice is already in the sea water, but the loss of ice is a big concern. This is because it helps accelerate global warming, including in the Arctic region.
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About 90 percent of the sun's energy that hits white sea ice is reflected back into space, but when sunlight hits dark, unfrozen seawater, about the same amount of energy is absorbed instead. which directly contributes to the warming of the planet.
Both the North and South Poles have warmed by about three degrees Celsius compared to late 19th century levels, three times the global average.
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