Through the perpetuation of human-led activities, the Arctic region will continue to warm three times faster than the global mean, ultimately inching tundra, in addition to many other regions, closer to extinction.
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Environmental Degradation in Tundra Regions
"The prediction that glaciers will be gone from Glacier National Park has been moved up by 10 years to 2020, the same year it's predicted the Arctic Sea will be ice-free in the summer" -Bill Kurtis
The Arctic has experienced an increase of 3 to 5 degrees F in the past half-century and could see these temperatures pass 10 degrees F above “pre-industrial” levels by 2100. These numbers, however, are solely produced due to the actions that humans perform on a day-to-day basis. Broken down, it is based off of the increased Carbon Dioxide levels in our atmosphere. This CO2 serves as a blanket that ultimately absorbs heat and warms our planet. As we burn fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and various other natural gases for energy, this carbon becomes more and more trapped in our atmosphere.