Extremely mild weather in Greenland right now, temps more than +15°C above the (already warmed) 1979-2000 average in many areas. climatereanalyzer.org #ClimateCrisis
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The Arctic is on the frontline of climate heating, now warming four times faster than the global average
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The Arctic report card tracks the "rapid and pronounced warming continues to drive the evolution of the Arctic environment". arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card
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"Cascading disruptions, extreme events, and increasing variability throughout the Arctic impact the safety and well-being of communities within and far away from the Arctic."
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It cannot be overstated how important it is for the polar areas that human induced climate heating is kept to a minumium. Summary from State of the Cryosphere 2021 report iccinet.org/statecryo21/
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Huge, globally reaching changes lasting for millennia is what´s at stake here. The main culprit is the burning of fossil fuels. We must fight for a total, emergency decarbonization to lessen the damage. #ExtinctionRebellion
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One of the most northerly towns on Planet Earth (Qaanaaq, Greenland) at latitude 77.3N rose to a staggering +8.3°C today.
The sun set in late October and will not rise here until 13 February 2022. Today marks the Winter Solstice.
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"The rapidity with which the Arctic is reacting to global climate change is extraordinary.... We are witnessing a catastrophic restructuring of the ecology and biogeochemical processes"
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"Indigenous Peoples are again seeing their food security threatened and cultural continuity in danger of disruption...Beyond the Arctic, changes in sea ice affect mid-latitude weather."
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What are the dynamics behind this, especially as the Northern Hemisphere is currently in winter? Where is the heat coming from?
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On longer timescales it´s Arctic Amplification earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/81214/a As for weather-scale events, there may be connections to loss of sea-ice and consequent polar vortex disruption climate.gov/news-features/
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