Arctic is turning green, hints towards drastic consequences of climate change
(World News Science)

The Arctic circle captures everyone`s imagination by the colossal amount of snow and frozen landscape etched in the white horizon along with Polar bears. But, now this idyllic icy picture of the northernmost snow caps may soon turn into a land filled with greenery, as it gets transformed amid the drastic climate change. Several studies conducted by NASA scientists paint a dismal picture of the Arctic tundra that is turning green in its uppermost reaches in Alaska, the Northern coast of Canada, Siberia and in Quebec and Labrador. Such intriguing changes can be attributed to higher temperatures, warm air along with higher soil moisture and temperature. As a consequence of extensive greening,...