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Rapid rise in Arctic temperatures to blame for worlds extreme weather
2014-08-11 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Scientists have linked the rapid rise in Arctic temperatures over the past two decades to weather extremes in the northern hemisphere such as heatwaves in the US and flooding in Europe. Temperatures in the Arctic have risen twice as fast as the rest of the world since 2000, and this could have triggered changes to global wind patterns, which have brought extreme weather to lower latitudes, the researchers said. A study has found that the number of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves,...
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