Why are Europe and the Arctic heating up faster than the rest of the world? | Copernicus (opens in new tab)

As the planet continues to warm, not all regions are heating up at the same pace. Over the last thirty years, the global average temperature has increased by around 0.26°C per decade. But in Europe and the Arctic, the rate of warming is more than double the global average. Let’s have a closer look at what our data say.