Heat waves break records at both poles of the Earth
Melting ice in southwestern Greenland. (Photo: AP)
The heat wave in both Earth pole is raising alarm bells with climate scientists, with heat levels all being unusually high. These “unprecedented” phenomena could signal a more rapid and unexpected climate crisis.
Temperatures in Antarctica hit a record late last week, exceeding 40°C above normal in some areas. Meanwhile, weather stations in the Arctic also recorded the condition thawin some places the temperature exceeded 30°C above normal.
At this time, the temperature in Antarctica should have dropped quickly because summer has passed, and in the Arctic, winter is gradually coming out of winter, slowly increasing heat as daylight lengthens after winter. The fact that both poles of the Earth warmed to a record at the same time is unprecedented, raising alarms about the breakdown of climate systems on Earth, leading to extreme weather events.
In 2021, in the first chapter of a comprehensive review of climate science, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sounded the alarm over the unprecedented warming of signals, leading to some Changes such as thawing in the Earth’s polar regions can quickly become irreversible.
Temperatures in the South Pole and the North Pole are both set to record highs. (Photo: AP)
Rated as a double hazard, heatwaves at the poles are a clear signal of the damage humanity is suffering on the climate. And melting ice could also cause further changes, accelerating climate change.
As the ice melts, especially in the Arctic, it reveals dark seas that absorb more heat and warm the planet even more. Meanwhile, most of the ice in Antarctica covers the land, so when it melts, it will raise sea levels.
Michael Mann, director of the Center for Earth System Science at Pennsylvania State University (USA), said that extreme weather is exceeding predictions to a worrying level.
Recent unprecedented weather patterns followed a series of alarming heat waves in 2021. By then, temperatures were approaching 50°C in the Pacific Northwest. of the United States and Canada, resulting in hundreds of deaths.
A weather station in Antarctica has beaten its historical record by recording a temperature of 15°C, the AP news agency reports. Another coastal station, once deeply frozen this time of year, is now 7°C above freezing. Meanwhile, in the Arctic, in some places the temperature rises to 50°C.
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