The Arctic in a changing climate

Topics ... The temperatures in the Arctic continue to rise at three times the global annual average, driving many of the changes underway in the Arctic. Most ...

Climate change - WWF Arctic Programme

Climate change has been identified as the major culprit behind the wildfires we are witnessing in the Arctic. The number and frequency of extreme forest and ...

Climate Change and the Arctic - Marine Mammal Commission

Loss of ice and decreased snow depth in a warming Arctic compromises the structure of lairs and may negatively affect adult body condition and pup survival ( ...

Climate change in the Arctic - Norsk Polarinstitutt

The Arctic is warming three times as fast and the global average. This is mainly because melting of snow and ice exposes a darker surface and increases the ...

The Arctic in a Changing Climate - YouTube

The Arctic in a Changing Climate - Joint event with WMO and AMAP.

Climate change in the Arctic - Wikipedia

The speed of change is "among the highest in the world", : 2321 with the rate of warming being 3-4 times faster than the global average. ... This warming has ...

The Arctic in a Changing Climate and its Global Impacts

These latest observations highlight the increasing severity of Arctic climate change, with significant implications for the global climate system. The report ...

Why Arctic Weather and Climate Matter

Arctic amplification is not the only evidence of rapid climate change in the Arctic. The floating sea ice cover of the Arctic Ocean is shrinking, especially ...

The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the globe since ...

Numerous studies report that the Arctic is warming either twice, more than twice, or even three times as fast as the globe on average. Here we ...

Warmest Arctic summer on record is evidence of accelerating ...

45 of a degree Fahrenheit (.25 of a degree Celsius) per decade and average summer temperatures have risen .31 of a degree Fahrenheit (.17 of a ...

A Changing Arctic | Magazine Articles | WWF - World Wildlife Fund

The Arctic is now warming at more than twice the rate of the rest of the planet. According to NOAA's annual Arctic report card, in 2016 the average air ...

Implications of Changing Climate for the Arctic Environment

Terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems will be impacted by changes in the cryosphere and by other aspects of climate change.

The Arctic & Global Warming - Greenpeace USA

Melting ice speeds up climate change. Global warming is causing Arctic ice to melt – ice reflects sunlight, while water absorbs it. When the Arctic ice melts, ...

Vulnerability in the Arctic in the Context of Climate Change and ...

As a result, the growing accessibility to the Arctic due to climate change, in addition to the increased interest in the region and its ...

Climate Change - Arctic Centre

The Arctic is undergoing environmental, social, cultural, economic and political changes that are in many ways interlinked.

Full article: Redefining Arctic boundaries in a changing climate

Our research reveals the interplay between policy-driven science, science-influenced policy, and performative behaviors in reshaping today's Arctic borders and ...

Arctic Report Card: Climate change transforming Arctic into ...

NOAA's 2021 Arctic Report Card documents the numerous ways that climate change continues to fundamentally alter this once reliably-frozen ...

NASA Fieldwork Studies Signs of Climate Change in Arctic, Boreal ...

The Arctic is being affected by climate change more than most places on Earth. In the summer of 2022, a NASA campaign investigated ...

The Arctic Is Shifting to a New Climate Because of Global Warming

The Arctic is shifting to a new climate because of global warming. Open water and rain, rather than ice and snow, are becoming typical of the region, a new ...

The Arctic Carbon Cycle and Its Response to Changing Climate

The evolution of soil hydrology has important implications for the carbon balance of the Arctic since wetter environments rich in organic ...