The Arctic is recognized as a bellwether region for climate change, heating up two to four times faster than lower altitudes, reshaping its ecosystems and landscapes.
The past nine years marked the highest average temperatures recorded in the Arctic since 1900, indicating an alarming trend contributed to by a phenomenon called Arctic amplification.
With diminishing snow cover and sea ice, dark surfaces are emerging, which absorb heat instead of reflecting it, further escalating the warming process in the Arctic.
The dynamics of heat circulation have shifted, with more heat being transported towards the poles, fundamentally altering the Arctic landscape over just the past decade.
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