The glaciers come off to the Ice Cap Wilkins

More iceberguri began to leave the great ice age Calota Wilkins, following broke, from the beginning of April, a bridge connecting the Antarctic ice to Charcot Island, announced today, Tuesday, European Space Agency (ESA).

“Imaginile din satelit arata ca icebergurile au inceput sa se desprinda din partea de nord a calotei glaciare Wilkins, evidentiind faptul ca aceasta placa imensa a inceput sa devina instabila”, precizeaza ESA intr-un comunicat, citat de AFP.

Data from satellites show that the first iceberguri began to leave the Calota on April 24. ESA estimates that, until now, have been lost in the 700 km2 Calota Wilkins, whose total area is 16,000 km2.

"Eight glacial plates which are of the Antarctic Peninsula over gave signs of attenuation during recent decades. Not fit doubt that these changes have the Climatic warming due to the Antarctic Peninsula, which was the fastest in the southern hemisphere, "explained David Vaughan of British Antarctic Survey, quoted by the ESA.

Researchers have shown that arctic surface ice field reached its lowest level in September 2007, when he recorded only 4.13 million km2, and its thickness increasingly makes little more vulnerable to rapid melting. Each increase of one meter sea level will cause 100 million "climate refugees".

Among the long-term actions to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, the conference participants from Tromso have identified a series of quick actions to slow melting ice. They aim at reducing other pollutants such as soot, which, together with fine particles, is transported to the Arctic wind, which deposited on the lid and increase their capacity to absorb solar energy.