The Atmospheric Surface Layer in the Polar Regions of the Earth
Abstract
As studies of the Earth history show the energy power and amount of catastrophic events during the planet evolution has been decreasing. Gradually the Earth "was adjusted" under the influence of external factors and internal sources of energy were weakened. The relative stability of climatic characteristics over millions of years indicates this. The modern surface Earth temperature increasing over the past 150 years has been proved by analyzing the series of network instrumental hydrometeorological measurements. The authors of this study proposed a hypothesis to explain the observed warming of the climate. It is supposed that there was a land with enclosed water reservoirs in the past at the Arctic ocean site. Calculations and observations show that there were favorable conditions for the formation and growth of the perennial glaciers` without access of warm ocean waters in the polar region. Further the mass of the Arctic ice sheet increasing led to subsidence of the earth's crust under the influence of its weight. Low-lying plains under the ice were lower than the ocean level. The access of oceanic waters to the ice sheet led to the washing of the base by the waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. Warm waters largely destroyed the floating part of the ice sheet. Heat which was spent on melting ice in the past warm up the atmosphere and ocean nowadays. Currently, the final stage of this process is observed and the factors discussed are the main cause of the observed warming.
- Publication:
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Life and Universe
- Pub Date:
- May 2017
- Bibcode:
- 2017liun.book..180K
- Keywords:
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- Polar Regions of the Earth