Final days of the Arctic? by Nina Gotzmannova

The mankind with its industry, pollution, global warming and all the results of using too much energy has gone too far. According to the annual State of Arctic report released on Wednesday it seems, like the final days of the world's last polar paradise. The research of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed that mankind's actions have destroyed the Arctic more than the scientists expected. The global warming has caused rising temperatures even in this distant region and glaciers and icebergs are melting. That was known long ago, but nobody paid attention. Now the report revealed more alarming facts. The permafrost is melting too, bushes are growing in a place where never have been any plants ever and caribou are disappearing. In general, the wildlife habitat and local climate conditions are changing in a very dangerous way. The temperatures are getting higher and higher. In the whole Arctic is getting warmer, an unequivocal sign of global warming. The ice cover, mostly on water, because the most of the Arctic is created from the sea, is getting thinner and thinner. The numbers are saying that the cover is full 23% thinner than it was in 2005 and 39% than in average. All this changes happens all around the Arctic, on different hemispheres, both on the sea and in land. It is a signal that these ‘mutations' ale not local, but global. And if the mankind will continue in destroying the environment, the changes may be even more global. Melting the ice means that the sea level will raise and all the cities built on coast are in danger of floods and may slowly disappear under the sea surface.

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by Nina Gotzmannova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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