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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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