The current abnormally warm winter, the effect of which is experiencing population of the world, reached up to the North Pole, where temperatures in the new year has risen above zero.
This writes CBC News.
«Texas, Australia and England – only some regions experienced this month, extreme weather, such as tornadoes, forest fires and floods. Now, the forecast says that the temperature at the North Pole will rise significantly above normal “, – stated in the material.
According to the meteorologist Ashley Brovele all these natural disasters are related to each other.
« Do pole temperature rose above freezing because the warm air masses move from the south along the Greenland and Iceland. The appearance in this storm is normal, abnormal is the strength of this wind, “- she said about the causes of the powerful tornado in the US this week.
Thus, the first day of the new year, the temperature at the North Pole will reach 4 degrees Heat Celsius. It is usually at this time the temperature in the region is between -13 and -43 degrees.
«Fluctuations in temperature at the poles is absolutely normal, but now the heat is too much,” – said Brovele.
At the same time, scientists admit that predict the temperature at the North Pole can be difficult because there is no metereologicheskih stations to determine the accuracy of the figures.
«There is a good, reliable, long-term log measurements so that we can compare the current figures with him, “- said meteorologist Environment Canada Kirk Tornebі.
According to her, the peak of the heat on the pole has passed and then we should expect cold weather.
« This powerful the jet of warm air begins to run out of steam. I think that warm temperatures are completed, “- he concluded.
The reason for the unusual warming may be the effect of the so-called El Niño – a phenomenon that occurs when the water temperature in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator rises above normal .
«It may well be that the reason for this is El Niño, because we have warm air in the eastern states, which, like the conveyor rises above” – said Tornebі.
As reported, this year’s Christmas in the cities of eastern Canada was one of the warmest in history. In Toronto, the thermometer rose above 15 degrees , which was the highest rate since the beginning of measurements in 1840.
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