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ABSTRACT

Indigenous inhabitants in and near the Arctic Circle are well acclimatized to the normal climate prevailing in the region which are often characterized by unusually bitterly cold winter and minus temperatures during their summer also. Unique geography of the arctic, the world’s smallest ocean and positioned at one of the poles and surrounded by water bodies & landmasses, makes its weather pattern unique. The 21st century has seen rapid industrialization worldwide and is attributed to the main culprit/driver of anthropogenic climate change. From tropics to poles, the effects of changing climate are conspicuous and are driven by a number of factors directly or indirectly. In this article, a brief overview of the atmospheric teleconnections responsible for governing weather changes at poles, present status of arctic sea-ice extent and in what manner these changes may affect the Arctic ecosystem in the years to come is depicted.

Keywords: Atlantification, arctic dipole anomaly, atmospheric rivers.

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Arctic Sea-Ice Extent in Changing Climate (1)_compressed.pdf