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The highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic, 38 degrees Celsius, has been officially confirmed, causing the “alarm bells” to ring over climate change on Earth.
The World Meteorological Organization, WMO confirmed the record reported in the Siberian city of Verkhoyansk on June 20.
This temperature is 18 degrees Celsius higher than the average daily maximum of the area for that month.
The WMO, a UN agency, said such extreme heat “suits the Mediterranean better than the Arctic”.
It is the first time the agency has included the Arctic Circle in its archive of extreme weather reports.
The WMO says 38 degrees Celsius was measured at a weather station during “an extraordinary and prolonged Siberian heat wave.”
Last year’s extreme heat in the region contributed to the spread of fires, which engulfed the forests and lands of northern Russia releasing a record amount of carbon.
Although common in the summer months, high temperatures and strong winds make fires extremely severe.
High temperatures across Siberia also led to “massive sea ice losses” and played a major role during 2020, which is considered one of the warmest three years ever recorded.
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