BBCNEWS Unspun World with John Simpson June 4, 2024 01:52:00
It is a really precarious future. and the the warming effect is happening much faster there, isn't it, than in other places? absolutely. six times more in svalbard than the global average. and this is of real concern to the scientists who've been studying this place for years now. there's a number of factors behind it, the main one being that with all the ice that disappears, it means there's less white stuff to reflect the heat. and, of course, the more exposed ocean absorbs that heat, and so it's a vicious circle, really. and the level of warming is very alarming to the scientists we talked ...