The climate effects are accelerated by the changes in the Arctic. With an Arctic that releases carbon dioxide instead of sequestering it, global warming is now even faster, states NOAA in the report.
With that, the world takes another step towards a warmer climate.
Evidence of climate change
In SVT Sápmi’s climate series during the week, several testified about how they are affected by climate change.
Reindeer herder Sanna Vannar states that grazing winters are getting worse and worse. Tomas Marsja, chairman of Girja’s Sámi village, has stated that it is becoming increasingly difficult to move the reindeer from the mountains. At the same time, the climate changes are visible in the color of the water in the rivers. It turns green as the glaciers melt faster.
Less nutritious lakes
That the char is also threatened by climate change has been known for a long time. But according to the research report REFINE, it may disappear completely from the mountain lakes within a few generations.
– There are various factors that make the mountain greener and then we have been able to show that the nutrients, i.e. phosphorus and nitrogen, are bound into the vegetation on the mountain and do not reach lakes and watercourses, he tells Sami radio.
He continues:
– If the lakes become more nutrient-poor, an effect should be that there are fewer animals as there is less food for them.