Study Finds the Arctic , Is Heating Up Faster , Than Previously Predicted.<br />NPR reports that new research shows that <br />the Arctic is heating up almost four times <br />faster than the rest of the Earth as a whole.<br />The findings highlight that <br />polar regions are experiencing <br />disastrously rapid climate change.<br />Previously, scientists estimated <br />that the Arctic would heat up about <br />twice as fast as rest of the globe.<br />The new research shows that the region <br />has warmed 3.8 times faster than the planet <br />as a whole in the last 43 years.<br />According to NPR, the study looked <br />at the period between 1979 and 2021.<br />The Arctic is more sensitive to global warming than previously thought, Richard Davy, Mika Rantanen of the <br />Finnish Meteorological Institute, via NPR.<br />According to the study, current computer models<br />used by scientists struggle to capture <br />the relative speed of Arctic warming.<br />NPR reports that the findings suggest future models <br />might need to be adjusted to predict an accurate <br />rate of global warming in polar regions.<br />This will probably be a bit of a surprise, <br />but also kind of extra motivation perhaps. , Richard Davy, a climate scientist at Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center in Norway, via NPR.<br />Things are moving faster than we could <br />have expected from the model projections, Richard Davy, a climate scientist at Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center in Norway, via NPR.<br />The team's findings were published in the journal <br />Communications Earth & Environment