"북극해 얼음, 15년 뒤인 2035년쯤 사라진다"<br /><br />A new study by an international research team has found that the Arctic could lose all its sea ice in just 15 years.<br />The British Antarctic Survey used the UK Met Office's Hadley Centre climate model... to compare Arctic sea ice conditions during the last interglacial period around 127-thousand years ago, with the present day.<br />They found out that in spring and early summer, shallow pools of water form on the surface of the Arctic sea ice, called 'melt ponds'.<br />These 'melt ponds' dictate how much sunlight is absorbed into the ice, and how much is reflected back.<br />A simulation using the same model showed that the Arctic may become sea ice-free by 2035.<br />The study was published in the journal Nature Climate Change.<br />
