Disappearance of Arctic ice will change the climate in the north

                        

Madrid - The disappearance of the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean will change weather patterns in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere, according to a report by the University of Exeter (UK) for Greenpeace Spain.

The study "What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic" compiles the existing scientific literature on the effects of Arctic thaw in the global climate, and concludes that are especially notable in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere.

Changes in standards set by scientists will manifest in notable variations in the path of storms and the Northern Hemisphere air flows (air flow, which regulates the climate in this latitude).

According to the report provided Efe, this influence will produce "geographically unevenly," so that summers can be hot and dry in some areas, however, have the opposite effect in others, where the summers would be wetter .

Scientists have warned that the blockade of atmospheric planetary waves caused by climate change is giving way to what they call "prisoners weather patterns", causing a persistent weather in a particular place, eg can make a storm lasts more than usual in same place.

"There seems to remain no doubt that the warming in the Arctic region is an important factor affecting weather patterns in the mid-latitudes," said Sara del Rio, spokesman for Greenpeace Research.

Although scientists are now trying to better understand the influence of the complex atmospheric processes of the poles, "by virtue of the precautionary principle is extremely urgent to take measures to protect the Arctic and combat climate change," he adds.

In this line, Greenpeace considers it essential that the next meeting of the OSPAR Commission -which governs international cooperation for the protection of the marine environment in the North- Atlantic is approved the creation of a protected area of ​​the same extent as the United Kingdom in international Arctic waters about having competition.

The decision must be taken at the meeting of OSPAR will happen between 20 and 24 June in Tenerife (Atlantic archipelago), after the scientific committee that guide action this committee has said that there is sufficient evidence of high ecological value in this region.

Greenpeace noted that the Arctic is warming twice than the average of the rest of the planet, and encourages citizens to envierem their reasons to save this ecosystem through the site www.voicesforthearctic.org.