ABSTRACT
The unprecedented global warming has severe impacts on the Arctic region’s temperatures, which results in the melting of the glaciers. Scientists began gathering evidence of changes in Arctic climate since the 1980s, which have become much more pronounced in recent times. The Arctic is experiencing extremes in sea ice level, temperature and precipitation, which remained unreported in the historical records and emerged as an enigma of climate mystery. Global warming has adversely impacted the Arctic’s climate, with many strange climatic events. Therefore, India has taken an initiative to embark upon its strategic climate change assessment research activities in the Arctic region and collected useful data on different aspects. The present chapter highlights such Indian initiatives and provides a general assessment of climate change over the Arctic region.
