Sea ice area in the Arctic and Antarctic continues to contract due to global climate change.
The data is also confirmed during the Arctic scientific expedition of Turkey, which is under the patronage of the Administration of the President of Turkey, with the support of the Ministry of Industry and Technology and Coordination of the Institute of Polar Research MAM under the Council for Scientific and Technical Research of Turkey (Tübi̇tak).
When comparing the average distribution of sea ice in June 2023 and June 2024 through remote sensing, this year there was a decrease in its area by a size equivalent to almost one eighth of the territory of Turkey.
It was established that a decrease in the area of sea ice led to the migration of the living organisms of the ocean in these areas living in the sea.
The head of the 4th Arctic expedition of Turkey Ersan Bashar, in an interview with the correspondent of the Anadolu agency, noted that in the polar regions the consequences of global warming are manifested most intensively.
“Warm water currents heading to the North Pole, primarily under the influence of the Atlantic Ocean, reach the Arctic Ocean. Here is a zone that acts like a pump that converts water in all oceans of the world,” he said.
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The agency’s interlocutor recalled a study conducted by Gerland and his colleagues at the Norwegian Polar Institute in 2023. According to its results, the Arctic was subjected to “Atlantification” under the influence of the water of the Atlantic Ocean. “The consequences of this were also recorded in the study we conducted,” he said.
According to Bashar, that the balance in the Arctic region is violated. “In fact, the entire global stream of water is changing, the flow in the oceans and the drain regime. Recently, the formation of sea ice is blocked due to a change in the climate, primarily with an increase in the amount of water, coming from the Atlantic to the Arctic, melting glaciers in the Arctic and the effects of Albedo.
