There are also many more complex methods and devices dedicated to measuring and keeping track of weather conditions in polar areas.
[3] Both sea ice and wind have great impact on the atmospheric boundary layer, which is often used to measure conditions in polar areas.
This highlights the heating power of carbon dioxide, which pumps 100,000 times more energy into our climate than was given off when the oil, coal or natural gas was burned.
Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University, in a 2012 BBC article, calculated that this absorption of the sun's rays is having an effect "the equivalent of about 20 years of additional CO2 being added by man".
[5] Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, introduces a significant positive feedback as global warming leads to the retreat of vast areas of continuous and discontinuous permafrost in the northern hemisphere.
A fast response methane sensor can also be installed in research aircraft, like the Polar 5 airplane of the Alfred Wegener Institute.