The ‘Climate change’ section explores the global nature of the world’s climate system and how what happens in one place will have an effect on another place thousands of miles away. Climate change in the Arctic is happening quickly and there could be both positive and negative outcomes.
Arctic Climate Challenge
Climate change could have both positive and negative effects for the Arctic. Take the challenge and find out more.
Sensitive Arctic
In Alaska and Western Canada, winter temperatures have already increased by 3-4° centigrade in the last 50 years.
Losing the ice
The IPCC states that over the last 30 years the average sea ice extent in the Arctic has decreased by 8%.
What happens next?
People, animals and plants that live in the Arctic environment will have to adapt to these changes, in some cases quickly!