Climate change threatens the UK but more research and attention to the polar region is needed to better understand it, MPs said.
Up to 1.5 million UK properties face an increased risk of flooding by 2080 because of rising seas triggered by melting Arctic sea ice, MPs have found.
Governments later in the century will likely have to decide where they will build defences and where they will allow flooding to happen. These changes may also affect the UK’s weather, though scientists said more research is needed to know for sure. “Before melting glaciers and ice sheets contribute to widespread flooding and irreversible weather patterns in the UK, we must throw our full toolbox at understanding changes in the Arctic better.The UK should have another polar ship like the RRS David Attenborough to boost scientific research in the Arctic, MPs said“At the moment, Arctic science is concentrated on its summer, with the Arctic winter – which could tell us an enormous amount about the weather – being under-studied.
They also heard that political tensions with other countries are inhibiting scientific research, with Western researchers effectively locked out of half the Arctic region since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mr Gray said: “Russia has been frozen out of Western Arctic science following its invasion of Ukraine. The Arctic Council, built with the purpose of boosting collaboration with Arctic nations, is becoming less influential and much of its important work has stalled.
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