Arctic "report card" points to rapid and dramatic impacts of climate change Enlarge this image toggle caption Twila Moon/National Snow and Ice Data Center Twila Moon/National Snow and Ice Data Center This past summer in the Arctic was the warmest since 1900, contributing to disasters across the wider region, including flooding in Juneau, Alaska and a record wildfire season in …
In Utqiagvik, Alaska’s northernmost community formerly known as Barrow, it hit 40 degrees Monday morning. That’s not only a record by six degrees but it’s the warmest that region has seen on record from late October to late April, according to Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. On Sunday, …
