British researchers recorded the appearance in Antarctica of thousands of blue lakes with fresh water. Special attention of researchers attracted Langchor Glacier in the east of the mainland. Previously, this area was considered protected from the climate change process.
Team of scientists from Durham Universities and Lancaster analyzed hundreds of satellite shots Langchor glacier In Eastern Antarctica, it discovered that in the period from 2000 to 2013, about 8,000 lakes were formed in its region. Identical processes have already been seen on the opposite side of the globe, in Greenland. Nakhodka indicates that global warming destroys the glaciers in Antarctica.
The lakes contain melting water, which appears when the warm summer air warms the surface of the glaciers. This process is considered one of the reasons for the active melting of the Greenland glaciers: in 20112014, they lost approximately a trillion tons of water.
The largest consequences of the Tsyanya glaciers will be noticeable, according to experts, on the Antarctic Peninsula. Since fresh water in the ice of the southern pole is noticeably more than in Greenland, the appearance of it in this area can significantly speed up the desalination of the world ocean.
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