A recent study has found that Antarctic sea ice is at a record low, ice in Antarctica has shrunk below 772,000 square miles for the first time since records began.
While global warming has had devastating effects in the Arctic region, as ice keeps disappearing for years, but Antarctic sea was surprisingly having the oppositey effect.
The Antarctic sea has been experiencing modest growth of 1 % in ice since the late 1970s. But, a new study conducted in February has shown that sea levels in the southern hemisphere have hit a record low in 2022.
According to a study, the sea level in the Weddell Sea, Bellingshausen Sea and the Amundsen Sea hit a record low of around 30% lower than the average from 1981to 2010.
Researchers from Sun Yat-sen University see tout to understand the cause of the case using data from the National Snow and Ice Data centre.
They found out that the cause of the melting is summertime and thermodynamics.
Qinghua Yang, co-author of the study explained, ‘Sea ice is whiter than the dark unfrozen sea, thus there is less reflection of heat and more absorption, which in turn melts more sea ice, producing more absorption of heat, in a vicious cycle.’
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