Climate change in the Arctic takes place much faster than in other places around the globe. Snow cover on land and sea ice have declined dramatically over the last 30 years as a result of progressive warming in the Arctic. Warming has led to a large number of conspicuous ecological changes but also less visible, more indirect changes for e.g. animals and plants. Changes that have only been able to be detected by means of ecosystem observations over a number of years, such as those carried out since the mid-1990s at Zackenberg and Kangerlussuaq.

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