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This is What the Arctic’s Record-Hot Summer Looked Like

This past summer was the hottest on record in the Arctic, which is warming nearly four times faster than any other location on the planet. And the symptoms of that warming laid bare a rapidly changing region that in many ways barely resembles what it once was. Key data points show that the Arctic continues […]

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More snow and rain is falling in the Arctic

The Arctic is getting wetter. For a long time scientists could identify no trends in the amount of snow, rain and freezing rain across the region, but that’s now changed. A University of Alaska Fairbanks-led investigation has found statistically significant increases in precipitation on the order of 10% to 15% since 1950. It’s getting wetter […]

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