Arctic barometer points to accelerated global warming

The Arctic serves as a barometer of climate change worldwide, and that gauge is telling scientists that things are heating up. Arctic temperatures are warming twice as fast as the global average.

This accelerated warming confirms climate-model predictions that the Arctic amplifies climate change as reflective snow and ice are replaced by heat-absorbing water and vegetated surfaces, according to Northern Arizona University geologist Darrell Kaufman.

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