Scientists Shocked Over Sudden Rise In Arctic Temperatures(Study)

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The sudden change in temperatures around the Arctic region has startled the scientists across the globe. According to a senior scientist of the Environmental Change Institute, Dr. Friederike E.L. Otto "A warm episode like the one we are currently observing is still a rare event in today's climate." He further added, "But it would have been an extremely unlikely event without anthropogenic climate change."

Most importantly, Dr. Otto mentioned that if the climate changes at this speed, the Arctic region is most likely to experience warmth at least once in every two years. He went ahead and said that Arctic region is one such region where the effect of climate change is extremely prominent. He added, it is the Arctic region which clearly shows the dangers of climate change that it has been recently experiening.

Another research scientist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Walt Meier mentioned the present warmth and rise in temperature has been the effect of fluctuations in jet stream. This has allowed the strong currents to enter North America as well as the warm currents into the Arctic region.

Interestingly, the scientists have felt that this kind of sudden temperature change isn't rare. There are numerous other signs that show the sudden change in temperature is a common issue at present and that it is the humans, who are contributing to this danger.

The year 2016 has seen a sudden climatic change in the Arctic unlike any other year. While some scientists have attributed this to El Nino, that has earlier affected the weather pattern across the globe, these effects are precisely an indication of massive climatic change.

In the words of scientist, Dr. Mathis, head of Arctic Research Program, " We need people to know and understand that the Arctic is going to have an impact on their lives no matter where they live."

Additionally, the temperatute in 2016 fall was so fluctuating that NOAA took an unqiue step of extending its time frame to prepare annual Arctic report. They had to shift it to a few days in December. The report was prepared by a team of about 60 scientists that was released in San Francisco.