The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated in the 16th Annual Arctic Annual Report that climate change is causing a series of disruptions in the region, with unprecedented changes due to Arctic warming.
The Arctic Annual Report is compiled by approximately 111 authors from 12 countries who have collected the latest data on temperature trends, sea ice cover, and more in 2020 and 2021, and the changes that are occurring across the Far North as a result of human activity. Report. The report cites significant losses of sea ice, rapid melting of the Greenland ice sheet, and extremely warm autumn seasons, with the Arctic appearing to have experienced its warmest autumn between October and December 2020.
The North Pole is one of the fastest warming regions of the world, and scientists have been reporting changes and chain problems for decades. “The changes are constant, worrying and undeniable,” NOAA Director Rick Spinrad told a news conference at the American Geophysical Association.
Toila Moon, a National Snow and Ice Data Center scientist who edited the report, also noted that a series of “unusual events” created “unprecedented conditions” for Greenland icy ice that experienced three separate ice melts in the summer of 2021. . On the other hand, Greenland received its first rainfall in August this year, which Moon points out will make these events more vulnerable. The report also shows how temperatures change in the Arctic ecosystem. The report cites blue dogs as one of the main reasons for this, and according to NOAA, they are changing the existing landscape by settling in the tundra or Alaska treeless areas that are warming up.
Experts conclude by pointing out that since the mid-1960s, the Arctic has been warming by nearly 3 degrees Celsius, stressing that Arctic change will not be limited to the region, if only for human-induced climate change. If no action is taken, the disorders will worsen.
