The rapid change in the Arctic tundra is due to, among other things, extensive forest fires, according to NOAA, which on Tuesday presented an annual report on the situation at the North Pole.
NOAA notes that the annual average temperature in the Arctic is the second highest since measurements began in 1900.
The change in the Arctic reinforces the global effects of climate change.
Increased emissions of carbon dioxide mean, among other things, more vegetation, which in turn binds carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But the carbon dioxide emissions simultaneously mean a temperature increase that leads to the melting of Arctic ice.
The information is based on measurements made between 2001 and 2020 by the American weather agency.
