Gradually diminishing Arctic Ice means rise in sea level and is not a good sign

#arcticocean #bobward #alaska #sealevelrise #climatechange Based on satellite records that have been maintained since 1979, it has been observed that sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has fallen to the lowest recorded level for the winter season. This is as per the US scientists of the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado in Boulder. This has been reported in bbc.com dated 19 March 2015.
The maximum ice this year was 14.5 million sq km and, it is found that the Arctic sea ice had thinned by 65% between 1975 and 2012.
This gradual disappearance of ice at the poles is not a healthy sign for the planet because it will have severe consequences for people, animals and plants not just in the polar regions but also around the world due to rise in sea level.
Thus is the caution sounded by Bob Ward of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. In the opinion of scientists, an unusually warm February in parts of Alaska and Russia could have been a contributory factor for the dwindling sea ice.

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