How Climate Change is Shaping the Future of the Arctic with Dr. Robert Orttung

On this episode, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham head north with Dr. Robert Orttung to discuss how climate change is shaping the future of the Arctic. A new study finds that the Arctic has been warming nearly four times faster than the globe, which is a higher ratio than most scientists have predicted. The phenomenon, known as Arctic amplification, indicates that climate models systematically tend to underestimate the speed of increasing temperatures. As these changes occur, how will people see the Arctic and what new economic interests will emerge? Robert W. Orttung is a research professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs and Director of Research for Sustainable GW. He is the author of Urban Sustainability in The Arctic.