The latest study results forwarded by the scientists in their new report on the impact climate change informs that plants, birds, animals and insects have been adversely affected by Arctic warming.

With scientists recording many effects on wildlife in the region, due to changes in the global climate, it has appeared that the Arctic Circle has been warming faster than other regions.

Astonishingly, researchers last week said that Arctic was found to be warmer than what it has been in 2,000 years. This is surprising as the region should be cooling due to changes in the Earth's orbit as the region gets less direct sunlight. In a statement, Eric Post, an associate professor of biology at Penn State University said:

"The Arctic as we know it may soon be a thing of the past." Post was the leader of the team which observed the Arctic during the International Polar Year that ended in 2008. The latest findings are published in Friday's edition of the journal Science.

Furthermore, a sharp decline in snow cover has come to notice in recent years. Post said: "In the last two to three decades the minimum sea ice coverage declined sharply, a change that affect animals like polar bears that depend on the ice for habitat and hunting.

"Species on land and at sea are suffering adverse consequences of human behavior at latitudes thousands of miles away.

It seems no matter where you look - on the ground, in the air, or in the water - we're seeing signs of rapid change," concluded Post whose research was funded by Aarhus University in Denmark, the Danish Polar Center and the U. S. National Science Foundation, along with the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.