Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists
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Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists
The Arctic climate is changing so quickly that science can barely keep track of what is happening and predict the global consequences, the UN says.
By Alex Kirby
LONDON, 29 September, 2016 – In an unusually stark warning a leading international scientific body says the Arctic climate is changing so fast that researchers are struggling to keep up. The changes happening there, it says, are affecting the weather worldwide.
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says: “Dramatic and unprecedented warming in the Arctic is driving sea level rise, affecting weather patterns around the world and may trigger even more changes in the climate system.