Temperatures near the North Pole are right now 20 degrees warmer than it should be the average now, as reported by several researchers. Something that leaves us perplexed and wondering what those protocols, meetings and conventions are for. Many times, or almost always, you get the feeling that when they meet they seem more like that anti-Roman group that did not stop talking about how to fight the Romans in The Life of Brian.
The Arctic is right now in the middle of the polar night, where the sun rarely appears. Usually, it is the time when everything starts to get vast and cold, and the thick layers of ice form for the winter. But it is this year, when the temperatures are being hotter than normal, while the meteorological stations around the North Pole are registering records that exceed 7 degrees in some regions.
And even when the sea ice is forming again after reach its annual low in September, he is doing it in a slower way than usual. In fact, the amount of ice is even lower than the record low in 2012.
It is the scientists themselves who have gone to social networks, such as Twitter, to express surprise at how bad the situation is being. This is the second year in a row that temperatures near the North Pole have been rarely hot. In late 2015, the temperature in the Arctic reached the melting point because a massive storm was inducing hot air in the region.
Jennifer Francis, an Arctic specialist, told The Washington Post that she is closely related to climate change around the planet. We have just had several news related to the year we are in, which will be the hottest ever recorded as proclaimed by the WMO (World Meteorological Organization).