Global Warming is hitting again and hitting hard. This year in the Arctic, several records were broken but not in a good way. The amount of snow in the northern hemisphere in June were at record lows and the entire Greenland Ice Cap showed evidence of melting for the first time since 1979. People continue to talk about global warming constantly but still the problem just grows and grows with no end or real solution to speak of. Some scientists believe that if we are not there already then we are on the verge of seeing a new Arctic. The reduction of snow in the Arctic in the summertime has made the ocean and the Arctic darker allowing it to absorb more sunlight and make things even worse.
Donald Perovich, an Arctic researcher at Dartmouth, said "The Arctic is one of Earth's mirrors, and that mirror is breaking." The darkening ocean and Arctic surface are the reasons that the Arctic is warming up twice as fast as most of the rest of the world. Wildlife in the areas around the Arctic are suffering because those animals were not meant to live in those types of conditions. In reality all animals, including humans, will ultimately be affected the what goes on in the Arctic because even though it seems like its way up North and can't harm us, what happens in the Arctic does affect everybody.
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