Why is the Arctic warming faster than the rest of the planet?

The Arctic is warming faster because it has ice that helps keep it cool, and when that ice melts, it makes the warming even worse.

Imagine you're wearing a big, fluffy jacket on a cold day, it keeps you warm. Now imagine your jacket starts to melt away, like ice cream in the sun. Without that jacket, you’d feel the cold much more, right? But actually, in this case, the Arctic is like someone who's wearing a jacket made of ice. When the sun shines on the ice, it melts into water, which doesn’t reflect as much sunlight as ice does.

When there’s more water than ice, the Arctic absorbs more heat from the sun, kind of like how a dark shirt gets hotter in the sun than a light one. This makes the Arctic warm up even faster, and that melting ice keeps happening, making it even warmer still.

It's like having a snowball fight on a hot day, the more snow you melt, the less cool you feel, and the more the heat wins!