Arctic sea ice appears to be suffering from rising temperatures, more than researchers thought.
Alarming conclusion drawn from the Program reportArctic Monitoring and Assessment (AMAP), timed to coincide with this week's Arctic Council ministerial meeting in Reykjavik, bringing together countries close to the region's borders.
"The Arctic is a real hot spot for climate change," said Jason Box, a glaciologist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland.
In less than half a century, from 1971 to 2019, the average annual temperature in the Arctic has risen by 3.1 ° C, compared with 1 ° C for the entire planet.
The turning point came in 2004, when temperatures in the Arctic soared for an unexplained reason, according to researchers.
By the end of the century, average temperatures in the Arctic are projected to rise by 3.3–10 degrees, compared with the 1985–2014 average.
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