The Arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the Earth. The climate negotiations in Glasgow may determine the fate of the region more than any other part of the planet.
In the next couple of decades, the Arctic is likely to see summers with no sea ice.
The fate of the Arctic looms large during the climate talks in Glasgow — the farthest north the negotiations have taken place — because what happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic. Scientists believe the warming there is already contributing to weather calamities elsewhere around the world.
The 2015 Paris climate agreement set a goal of limiting the warming of the Earth to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures, or, failing that, keeping it under 2 degrees Celsius . The world has already gotten 1.1 degrees Celsius warmer since the late 1800s. For John Waghiyi Jr., the Arctic is not a number or an abstraction. It’s been home for 67 years, and he and other native Bering Sea elders have watched the Arctic change because of warming. The sea ice, which allows humans and polar bears to hunt, is shrinking in the summer.
This isn’t just a problem for people living in the Arctic. It spells trouble for regions much farther south.
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