Arctic Impacts
Alarming changes to the Arctic landscape from record warming this century threaten to unleash far more abrupt shifts in climate than models have predicted.
New research published in the journal Nature Climate Change says that the rapid melting of the permafrost is creating disruptive “feedback loops” between the atmosphere and land, resulting in previously unforeseen warming consequences.
Beyond the impacts on the environment, the report warns that roads, pipelines and mining facilities across the Arctic are also likely to suffer dramatic impacts from the warming.
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