Study: CO2 emissions directly linked to melting ice
A new study has found that your car’s gas emissions are melting an apartment-sized chunk of ice on the Arctic Ocean every year.
The study published in the journal Science has identified a direct link between carbon pollution and the shrinking ice.
It calculates that for every metric ton of carbon dioxide we release in the air, there's 3 square meters less sea ice during the month when the Arctic region is least frozen. This means an average American is responsible for the disappearance of about 50 square meter of ice every year.
The study suggests the region will likely be ice-free in summers in about 30 years at current carbon emission levels. This would make weather events and droughts more extreme, increase ocean levels and push many species toward extinction.
The study concludes that even limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, as pledged by the Paris Pact, will not be sufficient to help Arctic summer sea ice to survive.
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