Climate Change is Global, the Impact is Local

Tag: lcolwell

Global Change, Local Impact

Arctic Health Affects the World

The Arctic climate significantly impacts the rest of the world. It creates feedback loops, which are the impact of an initial force on a system which might amplify (positive) or diminish (negative) the initial force. One ongoing example is the current melting of permafrost and the release of methane gas, the methane traps more heat in the atmosphere, which causes more permafrost melt. With increased methane in the atmosphere, Arctic feedback loops have the potential …

 # # # # # # # #
Climate Science

Climate Change and the Arctic

Climate change threatens the safety and integrity of the Arctic’s climate, ecosystems, and biodiversity. Sea ice has begun to decline in quality and quantity causing Arctic warming to occur almost twice as fast as anywhere else in the world, with more severe consequences. The volume of sea ice that forms every year is decreasing, and the ice that forms is becoming thinner.  Ice has a high albedo, which means it reflects a lot of solar …

 # # # # # # #