In this video, Dr. C.J. Mundy of the University of Manitoba explains how a warming Arctic creates a feedback loop that leads to yet more warming. This feedback loop will have consequences not only for the Arctic, but for the rest of the globe as well.

In a recent interview with Bloomberg News, Jennifer Francis, a research professor at New Jersey’s Rutgers University, warned that extreme weather events such as Hurricane Florence will become more frequent and severe as a result of a warming Arctic.

“Warming oceans, a more rapidly warming arctic, melting ice sheets are all contributing in various way to conditions like what we’re observing now,” Francis said. “It’s favoring slow moving weather patterns, more intense tropical storms and heavier downpours. And they’re all more likely as we continue to warm the Earth.”