100 km in the last layer of Arctic ice. Long pit scary for the world

Scientists warn

A similar pitfall has occurred in 1988 and 2004

TORONTO: The largest and oldest ice sheet in the Arctic, north of Canada, collapsed in May last year. Scientists consider it a dangerous sign for the world. He believes it has caused cracks in the world's largest layer of ice. Now the world’s water level is in danger of rising when it collapses and melts.

The Polynesia appeared in May 2020 in a centuries-old layer of ice formed north of Ellesmere Island, Canada. This means that there were signs of a large hole or open water. A study on this was recently published in Geophysical Research Letters. The researchers said that The Polynesia also appeared in 1988 and 2004.

Kent Moore, an Arctic researcher at the University of Toronto Mississauga, said the ice sheet north of Ellsmer Island was so large that it could not be affected by such a large crater, making it impossible to break. But never before has there been such a big pit in this area. It was too big. This is causing the ice to crack. This is affecting the most ancient and the largest layer of ice.

The Arctic ice sheet is 13 feet wide along Elsemere Island. The age of this ice sheet is five years. It melts and returns every five years, but rising temperatures at the North Pole now threaten even the final layer of Arctic ice. In May 2020, the last layer of ice in the Vandel Sea lost half of its mass.

The report was published in July 2021. This type of intersection is caused by storms. This happens when a strong gust of wind tries to separate my ice. Satellite photos showed a large polynea or pit. The pit is 100 km away. Long and 30 kilometers wide.