Rain could soon overtake snow in parts of the Arctic, top scientists warn | Business Insider

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Rainfall could overtake snowfall along the fringes of the Arctic in a few decades, scientists warn.

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"At the fringes, the transition is essentially occurring already," John Walsh, chief scientist at the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, said in a briefing at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union on Tuesday. Winter rains atop of snow create a glaze on roads and parking lots, melting a popular ice-skating and pond-hockey site in Anchorage, Alaska.It's not just that the Arctic is changing. In some places, we're losing it. That's a problem for the whole planet.

Whatever the case, in the coldest regions like eastern Siberia or northern Canada, that means more snowfall.

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