"Northern Canada, Alaska and northern Scandinavia have recently experienced record highs."
"Parts of the Arctic are enduring exceptionally high temperatures — up 30 to 40 degrees above normal — because of multiple intense heat domes.
One intense heat dome has progressed from northern Alaska to Canada’s Hudson Bay over the past week, delivering round after round of historically high temperatures. A smaller but equally persistent heat dome has been toasting parts of Scandinavia’s Arctic on the opposite side of the North Pole.
The exceptional warmth — intensified by human-caused climate change — is affecting a region that has warmed three times as much as the global average. And it’s happening as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just announced July was the 14th successive month with record-high global temperatures.
Over the past week, temperatures soared to nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Norman Wells, Canada, just 90 miles south of the Arctic Circle."
Ian Livingston reports for the Washington Post August 13, 2024.
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"‘It’s Devastating’: Summer In Canada’s Arctic Region Brings Severe Heatwaves" (Guardian)
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