By 2050, ships will be able to sail directly to the North Pole.

Currently, merchant ships need to take routes that deviate from the vicinity of the poles because of the ice that prevents the passage of this mode of transport. However, by 2050, this situation should change, allowing direct navigation to the North Pole by vessels of any size.

This will only happen because of the melting of some of the ice in the seas. This will make them easier to break so that boats can break them as they pass. That way, a sort of corridor to the North Pole will open in summer - the best time would be in September.

These findings are part of a study published this week in PNAS magazine and led by Laurence C. Stephenson, who is a professor at the University of California. In them, scholars have simulated medium and heavy-duty vessels, finding that the ice will become more fragile from 2049.

And it's worse than it looks.

If you stop to think, this situation will make life easier for companies that transport their products by ship. However, the melting ice shows that global warming is serious and present. In addition, the passage of vessels through the North Pole can have a very damaging impact on the local ecosystem.