Scientists: The temperature in the Arctic is rising 4 times faster than the rest of the Earth

Temperatures in the Arctic are rising 4 times faster than the global average.

This was reported by the Finnish newspaper Aamulehti on Friday, August 12, citing a study conducted by the Finnish Meteorological Institute.

The newspaper quoted Miki Rantanen, a researcher at the institute, as saying that the rate of warming per decade between 1979 and 2021 in the Arctic was 0.75 degrees Celsius. This figure is 4 times higher than the global average, which is about 0.19 °C.

The researcher added that previous studies have underestimated what is happening in the Arctic region in terms of climate change, as they have confirmed that the rate of temperature increase in the Arctic, at the North Pole, is twice the global average.

The Finnish scientists also found that temperatures rose faster in some areas of the Far North. In particular, the temperature of the atmosphere over the Barents Sea has risen 7 times faster due to a record reduction in sea ice.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change previously reported that the average temperature on the Earth’s surface from 2011 to 2020 was 1.09 degrees Celsius higher compared to the same period from 1850 to 1900.

However, the contribution of human economic activity to climate change and temperature rise reached 1.07 degrees Celsius.

To limit global warming, the 2015 Paris Agreement will prevent the planet’s annual average global temperature from exceeding pre-industrial levels by more than 2 degrees Celsius by 2100 and will take action to keep atmospheric temperature rises within 1.5 degrees. Russia joined the initiative in 2019.

Source: TASS

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