Dramatic Arctic warming is locked in — even with emissions reductions, UN report warns
The report calls particular attention to the region's thawing permafrost, which holds about twice as much carbon as is currently in the atmosphere.
The Arctic will be 3 to 5 degrees Celsius warmer by mid-century and 5 to 9 degrees Celsius by 2080 — even if the world’s nations manage to cut emissions greenhouse gases to levels targeted in the 2013 Paris Agreement on climate change, says a new report released Wednesday by the United Nations Environment Programme.
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