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The purpose of this research was to investigate the foundations for increased extreme global climatic events and analyze its connections to the polar regions and how it affects the United States/world. In a time of great struggle, with global winter catastrophes and flooding destroying millions of homes, the research aims to prove insights through data analysis. The objectives of this research is to offer a view into the effects polar regions have across the world, and further illustrate the influences they have on weather phenomena. To obtain the conclusions derived, data from across the world was utilized to create graphs and improve existing models. The results of the research indicate a correlation between an increase in global surface temperature as well as a decrease in Arctic/Antarctic ice mass. The result of this decrease in mass was found to strengthen extreme weather events, ranging from anomalies in the polar vortex to hurricanes. The conclusion is that anthropogenic climate change is heavily affecting the polar regions, which proves vital in the regulation of climatic events on Earth. The path forward is to decrease greenhouse gas output to lower global temperatures, thus stalling the current path of environmental destruction and alteration.