Climate Central: As the sea ice covering the Arctic continues to shrink under the influence of greenhouse gas-induced warming, it's causing a host of other changes in the region, including the growth of large waves in the previously iced-over areas. Those waves could potentially reinforce and hasten the demise of sea ice, leading to further changes in the fragile polar realm.
Changes brought on by global warming in the Arctic region have been well documented. Temperatures there have risen twice as fast as the...