Why Is Melting Faster Than Antarctica

It's also roughly 1.2 million square kilometres smaller than the long-term average measured from 1981 to 2010. The situation isn't any better in the south, either. There is less sea ice surrounding Antarctica today than there was since reliable records began in 1979. The director of the National Snow and Ice Data Centre, told US broadcaster CNN, recently. The extent to which the ice at the poles is melting is considered an indicator as well as a consequence of global temperature rises. (Ref: Thomos Reuters, thomsonreuters.com/en/press-releases/climatechange-ice 2017)

Why is the Arctic melting faster than the Antarctica?

A new report says the Arctic may be ice-free by 2040. The Antarctica is also melting, albeit far slower, and in a less

While the outlook is bleak for the Arctic, there is a silver lining for the Antarctica: The ice is melting at a slower rate than previously thought. Although glacier flow has increased since the 1990s, scientists from University of Leeds have found the melting rate to be only around a third of what was previously

(Ref:Tourism and Change in Polar Regions: Climate, Environments and Experiences by Michael C. Hall, C. Michael Hall, Jarkko Saarinen)

On the other hand Antarctica region is also predominantly effected by global warming along with increasing expeditions, framing of policies to conserve south Australian waters and surveys of South Polar Region, it is also creating a new opportunity for tourists to explore such challenging destinations with the development of new sea routes to various parts of this region.

Further, governments are also taking active part in framing environmental protection policies and clamming their land over these highly sensitive and resource rich areas of the world. Countries like Australia as the member of Paris agreement on Control of Carbon emission from industries are reforming their policies to protect such areas. Media release by the Climate institute of Australia said they are getting positive response from many business leaders regarding Paris –agreement on control in Carbon emission from factories.