The Rendering №9

The article “Ending Its Summer Melt, Arctic Sea Ice Sets a New Low That Leads to Warnings” was published in The NY Times on September, 19. It discusses that the drastic melting of Arctic sea ice has finally ended for the year, but not before demolishing the previous record — and setting off new warnings about the rapid pace of change in the region. The author Justin Gillis makes clear that the apparent low point for 2012 was reached and sea ice that day covered about 1.32 million square miles, or 24 percent, of the surface of the Arctic Ocean.

But it’s necessary to point out that sea ice at its lowest point in the summer typically covered about half the Arctic Ocean, but it has been declining in fits and starts over the decades. It is an open secret that a shell of ice will cover much of the Arctic Ocean in coming months, but it is likely to be thin and prone to melting when summer returns. Analyzing the situation from scientists’ point of view it is necessary to mention that the rapid warming of the region to be a consequence of the human release of greenhouse gases, and they see the melting as an early warning of big changes to come in the rest of the world. The reporter mentions that the collapse of Arctic sea ice has already started to alter atmospheric patterns in the Northern Hemisphere, contributing to greater extremes of weather in the United States and other countries.

There are signs that the Arctic Ocean could be largely free of summer ice as soon as 2020. It was revealed that the Arctic melting should serve as a warning to the public of the risks that society is running by failing to limit emissions. The correspondent stresses the importance that The extra heat in the ocean appears to be contributing to an accelerating melt of the nearby Greenland ice sheet, which does contribute to the rise in sea level.

In conclusion the author gives a warning that the sea is now rising at a rate of about a foot per century, but scientists expect this rate to increase as the planet warms, putting coastal settlements at risk. As for me, the problem of global warming is greatly important. People should stop destroying the planet otherwise we will have to live in the awful planet or not live at all.