Turkish scholars on An expedition to the Arctic Circle to examine the effects of global Heating on Glaciers have completed their studies on Friday. Sea ice and glaciers is critical in Preserving the planet heat balance and in danger of disappear as temperatures hit unprecedented levels.
“While this ice covers changes The relationship between the sea and the atmosphere also Provides an important input for Climate composition,” said Ozgun Oktar, who As captain on Turkish second An expedition in the Arctic Ocean. Emphasis on that structure of Sea ice is actually ‘completely different’ from how Apparently, Oktar explained to Anadolu Agency (AA) that it forms a plate that covers the ocean as the water freezes. in Winter and partly thaws in the summer. We were tracking sea ice with Satellite data since the 1970s. However, satellite data requires Earth confirmation’, adding that this summer, team He was watching the ice in Barents Sea.
Scientific team Their journey started from the port of Tromsø in Northern Norway and travel to latitude 82, circle of Latitude over 1,300 kilometers (808 miles) north.
The campaign has been implemented out in coordination of MAM Polar Research Institute, part of Institute of Scientific and Technological Research of Turkey (TUBITAK). Approximately 1.5 million square kilometers (580,000 square miles) of The sea ice has melted in North Pole region because of global Climate change. studies using Satellite data since 1970 indicates that polar sea ice is shrinking every once in a while year.
Captain Oktar who he is also in Cost of Logistics, stressed role of sea ice in prevent a new ice Age. As it freezes, polar seawater releases some of it of Its salt in the ocean ocean, resulting in in More intense body of Water near the bottom, which then circulates around world in a system of currents before arrival back He said at the pole. Currents are important us Because while it can hold the land and the sea heat, the atmosphere can not. so this current system Helps create climate and, by moving masses of Both air and water, prevents world from freezing over. “Oktar added that current glaciers left over From world’s last ice maximummajor climatic event About 20,000 years ago it witnessed great landscapes changes across many fields. Confirmation that the Arctic is warming twice as such fast like the rest of The planet due to climate change, Oktar said both sea ice and glaciers risk of Vanishing.
disappearance of sea ice caused Intense events in Our climate system, said Oktar, adding that invisibility of glaciers on On the other hand, it affected sea level and salinity as a result of the increase in The amount of Fresh ocean water.
