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Climate change drives record-breaking heat in Iceland and Greenland challenging cold adapted ecosystems and societies

An aerial image of the Greenland ice sheet showing a vast landscape of glaciers.

In late May, Iceland and Greenland saw record-breaking heat.

11 June, 2025 | Heatwave | Arctic, Europe

Unusually high temperatures at the North Pole, winter 2016

Village in Norway, Photo by Kym Ellis on Unsplash

How rare were the unusually high temperatures around the North Pole in November–December 2016 and how were they influenced by anthropogenic climate change?

21 December, 2016 | Cold spells | Arctic

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