In the last 50 years, temperatures in the Arctic continent have increased significantly compared to other parts of the world. The continent is also experiencing a strange weather anomaly with a temperature increase of up to 40 degrees Celsius that could make permafrost or frozen soil in the Arctic melt.
Currently, temperatures in the Arctic have increased two to three times as fast over the last half century. Overall temperature rise in the Arctic, recorded 2 to 3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Kimberley Miner, a scientist at the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said permafrost itself, on average, warmed nearly 0.4 degrees Celsius from 2007 to 2016.
"This raises concerns about the fast melting rate and the potential for long-term carbon release," Miner said.
In his research, Miner projected the loss of about 4 million square kilometers of permafrost by 2100 in the Arctic. This will even happen if the world succeeds in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the next few decades.
Rising temperatures are not the only reason the Arctic continent is melting faster.
The researchers also point to the possibility that underground fires in Arctic forests could rapidly expand the melting permafrost.
As the climate warms, these distant and uncontrolled blazes are projected to increase by 130 to 350 percent in 50 years and release more permafrost carbon.
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