Global Warming

Some studies of temperatures around the world have found that global warming is speeding up and claim that the 1980’s and 1990’s were the hottest decades for the past 400 years. The average global temperature has gone up by 0.8°C in the past 125 years, from 18°C. Some areas of the Arctic across Russia and Canada have had an increase double that of the global average increase, shooting their temperatures up to 13°C. The changes resulting from shorter, warmer winters are affecting all aspects of life for the indigenous INUIT people. The ice melts faster restricting access to hunting sites and making it harder to find the basic building material for the igloos widely used on hunting trips. This is causing difficulty for the INUIT, as hunting is their primary food source.