<aside> ✋🏽 Arctic amplification (AA)- refers to enhancement of near-surface air temperature change over Arctic relative to lower latitudes.

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Causes.

• Global warming, Ice-albedo feedback, lapse rate feedback, water vapour feedback and ocean heat transport are primary causes of AA.

Impacts.

• Sea level changes.
• Destruction of habitat of polar bear, seals, whales and other animals and biota.
• Opening of new trade routes and scopes for explorations.