The freak warm Arctic weather is unusual, but getting less so
- Written by Amelie Meyer, Postdoctoral Researcher, Physical Oceanography, Norwegian Polar Institute
Research Vessel Lance in the middle of broken Arctic sea ice after a large warm winter storm in February 2015.Nick Cobbing/Norwegian Polar Institute, Author provided
The Arctic has been unusually warm since the beginning of 2018. In the past week air temperatures have hovered around 20℃ above normal or even higher. On February 25, the Cape...
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