Arctic lake ice is thawing one day earlier annually, warns study

The impact of climate change and global warming is affecting multiple sectors of the world, especially the ocean level and ice sheets of Polar Regions. And new study report has come up with no different facts. The ice sheets that have covered the Arctic lakes are melting one day earlier than the normal rate, because of the abnormal changes in climatic patterns, a recently published study report revealed. The study also revealed that changes in reflectance of light and the tempered atmosphere is influencing the freezing and defrosting processes of the water bodies.

According to the Scientists from the University of Southampton in the UK including an Indian origin, the Arctic lakes which used to be wrapped with strong ice sheets during the months of winter, are dehydrating in an alarming rate. The ice sheets are recorded to be softened one day earlier each year, which is indicating the rising impacts of climate change on the ecological systems of the earth. As per the researchers, including one of Indian origin, they have analyzed the movements of 13,300 lakes by means of satellite imagery and found the Arctic Lakes being liquefying one day earlier than the anticipated rate over each year.

The research, conducted by the scientists from the University of Southampton in the UK demonstrated that, because of the tempered climate and weather conditions, ice sheets in Arctic Lakes are breaking earlier each spring. The scientists have taken a 14-year period of the database between 2000 and 2013 to monitor 13, 300 lakes and found the global warming to be the primary cause of the melt of ice in Arctic lakes.

The researchers used the information received from the satellite imagery of NASA to conclude the study. Researchers, while surveying, focused more on how light is echoed on and off the lakes, on the basis of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor implemented by NASA. The spaceship collected a number of ethereal and thermal information on a regular basis while circling the globe on two satellites and by following those pictures, the UK-Indo scientists have found the ice of Arctic Lake to be melted earlier than the standard timeline.

The complete details of the finding have been published in the academic journal of “Nature journal Scientific Reports”.