Study Finds the Arctic , Is Heating Up Faster , Than Previously Predicted.
NPR reports that new research shows that
the Arctic is heating up almost four times
faster than the rest of the Earth as a whole.
The findings highlight that
polar regions are experiencing
disastrously rapid climate change.
Previously, scientists estimated
that the Arctic would heat up about
twice as fast as rest of the globe.
The new research shows that the region
has warmed 3.8 times faster than the planet
as a whole in the last 43 years.
According to NPR, the study looked
at the period between 1979 and 2021.
The Arctic is more sensitive to global warming than previously thought, Richard Davy, Mika Rantanen of the
Finnish Meteorological Institute, via NPR.
According to the study, current computer models
used by scientists struggle to capture
the relative speed of Arctic warming.
NPR reports that the findings suggest future models
might need to be adjusted to predict an accurate
rate of global warming in polar regions.
This will probably be a bit of a surprise,
but also kind of extra motivation perhaps. , Richard Davy, a climate scientist at Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center in Norway, via NPR.
Things are moving faster than we could
have expected from the model projections, Richard Davy, a climate scientist at Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center in Norway, via NPR.
The team's findings were published in the journal
Communications Earth & Environment