Ice in Antarctica was at a record low in 2022

Extension to sea ​​ice in Antarctica fall to record lows in 2022, a year in which climate change “advanced”, a new report on the state of the global climate warned today World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

This one Antarctic sea ice shrunk to an area of ​​just 1.92 million square kilometers on February 25, 2022, the lowest level on record and nearly a million square kilometers below the 30-year average, according to a report presented ahead of Earth Day.

On the other side of the planet, The Laptev, Beaufort and Ross Seas in the Arcticas well as waters north of Svalbard island have suffered “severe and extreme sea heat waves”, in some cases for the second year in a row, according to the United Nations agency.

He arctic sea ice it reached a maximum annual expansion of 14.59 million square kilometers in March, 440,000 square kilometers below the 30-year average, and a minimum level of 4.87 million square kilometers in September, 710,000 square kilometers below the average.

According to World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

In the past year, climate change has continued to advance, due to which “droughts, floods and heat waves affected communities on every continent, causing billions of dollars in losses.”

Fifth or Sixth Position – The position varies because six is ​​used in comparisons historical weather records from different agencies – happened even though 2022 was under the influence of a climate phenomenon A girlusually associated with planetary cooling and lasting three years, an extremely rare duration.