Teetering on an Arctic tipping point | Climate Spectator

We are seeing the first signs of dangerous climate change in the Arctic. This is our warning that humanity is facing a dire future.

...Research shows that the Arctic is now warming at three times the global average. The loss of Arctic summer sea-ice forecast over the next four decades – if not before – is expected to have abrupt knock-on effects in northern mid-latitudes, including Beijing, Tokyo, London, Moscow, Berlin and New York. The loss of sea ice – which melted faster in summer than predicted – is linked tentatively to recent extreme cold winters in Europe....

Carlos Duarte is Director, Oceans Institute at University of Western Australia.