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"New data has revealed extraordinary rates of global heating in the Arctic, up
to seven times faster than the global average.
The heating is occurring in the North Barents Sea, a region where fast rising
temperatures are suspected to trigger increases in extreme weather in North
America, Europe and Asia. The researchers said the heating in this region was
an “early warning” of what could happen across the rest of the Arctic.
The new figures show annual average temperatures in the area are rising across
the year by up to 2.7C a decade, with particularly high rises in the months of
autumn of up to 4C a decade. This makes the North Barents Sea and its islands
the fastest warming place known on Earth.
Recent years have seen temperatures far above average recorded in the Arctic,
with seasoned observers describing the situation as “crazy”, “weird”, and
“simply shocking”. Some climate scientists have warned the unprecedented events
could signal faster and more abrupt climate breakdown.
It was already known that the climate crisis was driving heating across the
Arctic three times faster than the global average, but the new research shows
the situation is even more extreme in places."
Via Doug Senko.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
