Scientists call for regular human presence in the Arctic, which grows … – Terra Peru

Scientists call for regular human presence in the Arctic, which grows … – Terra Peru

More than a hundred scientists from 27 European institutions warned today that the melt in the Arctic Ocean continues to grow and that in the next 30 years the retreat of the ice cap will increase navigation and human and industrial activity in the region.

For that reason ask regulate and control and future use of the Arctic in his work over the past four years Arctic Climate Change Economy and Society (ACCESS), which analyzes the social, economic, policies and the ecosystem resulting from climate change, and presented today at a conference in the town of Vilanova, near Barcelona (northeast).

In the coming days presented to the Arctic Council result of his research, which has involved 110 scientists from 27 institutions across Europe, including teachers of the Laboratory of Applied Bio-Acoustics (LAB) of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), which have hosted the event.

“The thaw in the Arctic Ocean is continuous and is caused by the fact that the winters are less cold and summer is lengthened as a result of climate change,” said the director of LAB, Michel André, in press press, by the ACCESS project coordinator, Jean-Claude Gascard.

Michel André has studied how climate change may alter the lives of indigenous peoples who subsist by fishing and hunting.

The LAB is also responsible for monitoring the sounds originate from humans and animals in the Arctic Sea, analyzing their interaction.

Scientists predict an increased human activity in the decades in the Arctic, where large investments in infrastructure will be needed, for what they believe necessary for the Polar Code to expand and adapt to this and apply it to international waters.

Scientists have warned for example, that the current Polar Code does not regulate pollution emissions and emissions from maritime traffic they will grow in the Arctic.

It will also increase the overall noise caused by shipping and this will therefore, an important source of noise pollution in the coming decades.

The LAB installed at strategic points in the Arctic a total of seven hydrophones recorded sounds from Spain continuously for one year.

This is, according to André, an innovation pioneer in the world since the sensors identify the source of the sounds produced tens of kilometers and automatically classified and whether they are natural or human origin and warning of the presence of sensitive species.

Scientists have also agreed that much technology is available for developing future activities in the Arctic, but it is not enough to meet future challenges, as, for example, ensure evacuation of population in the area or emergency services.

As for the law, have recommended that, instead of raising a single global standard for the entire Arctic, has specific regulations for each zone.

The final conclusions of the ACCESS project will be delivered to the European Commission in the coming weeks, which must be approved and made public within a period of two months.