国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

Wintertime heat melting Greenland's ice sheet: scientists

Source: Xinhua| 2018-12-25 13:20:58|Editor: Xiang Bo
Video PlayerClose

LONDON, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Greenland's ice sheet, the second largest of the world, is melting in winter due to wintertime heat from the ocean, according to a recent research of the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS).

Based on computer simulations, the research found that strong winter winds in the northeast Atlantic create warm waves below the surface of the Atlantic, which push relatively warm water up Greenlandic fjords, "melting hundreds of metres below the ocean surface."

In a paper published in the journal Nature earlier this month, scientists from the United States, Belgium and the Netherlands said the ice sheet in this region is melting at its fastest rate over at least the last 350 years and continued global warming will further accelerate the thawing process.

Covering 1,710,000 square km, roughly 80 percent of the surface of Greenland, the melting Greenland's ice sheet is thought to add 0.8 millimeters of water to global ocean levels annually, one of the biggest contributors to global sea level rise and ocean freshening.

Based near the town of Oban on the Scottish west coast, SAMS is Scotland's largest and oldest independent marine science organization.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001376976141
主站蜘蛛池模板: 仲巴县| 青浦区| 阆中市| 成都市| 洪泽县| 灵宝市| 南部县| 平顺县| 孟村| 庆安县| 泽普县| 桑日县| 固镇县| 彩票| 巴塘县| 博野县| 登封市| 杭锦后旗| 西昌市| 安塞县| 沅江市| 新兴县| 融水| 墨江| 肇东市| 连江县| 东明县| 枝江市| 扶沟县| 德昌县| 天台县| 松江区| 维西| 海阳市| 梁山县| 霸州市| 南部县| 延边| 望城县| 布尔津县| 扶绥县|