Since the crisis of global warming erupted, researchers and scientists started observing the impacts of such an issue, especially the impact of global warming on the North Pole and its Last Ice Area.
The last Ice area is the oldest and thickest sea in the Arctic which is now disappearing twice faster than ever.
The University of Toronto Mississauga's physicist Kent Moore issued a study about the Last Ice Area and the impact of global warming and climate change on it.
He expressed in the abstract of his study, "Climate models suggest that this region will be the last to lose its perennial ice cover, thus providing an important refuge for ice-dependent species, highlighting, “(The) area is quite dynamic and we thought we should look at it to try to understand it because no one had actually ever done any work in this area of the Arctic."
Moore studied the ice dynamics of the area, tracking seasonal changes, modelling ice cover, thickness and motion across the region from 1979 to 2018.
"The research found two distinctive sections in the area that have distinct fluctuations seasonally and between years. Ice in the western section, controlled by winds blowing clockwise, has started moving faster – possibly the result of thinning – while eastern ice appears to be more stable," the physicist explained.
The ice is thinning in both sections at a rate of 0.4 metres per decade, which amounts to a 1.5-metre loss of ice since the 1970s which means that the ice loss in the area is twice that of the rest of the Arctic Ocean.
The Arctic may well experience ice-free summers as early as 2030, researchers anticipate that this will be the last area where ice will be present in the Arctic year-round, making it an vital sanctuary for a huge variety of Arctic species, from polar bears to algae, according to climate forecasting predicts.
Finally, he expressed that he and his team may need to go back and revisit how much ice will be present moving forward.
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