September 22, at 15:30CEST/ 9:30AMEDT marks the autumn equinox, when the sun finally will go down on an Arctic summer like none before. Multiple heat waves broke records across the region, from Alaska to Greenland to Siberia, where the city of Verkhoyansk reached 100.4°F (38°C), the highest temperature ever recorded within the Arctic Circle. Svalbard […]
Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, September 3 Arctic fire emissions – those directly caused by humans, as well as those from natural phenomena such as lightning strikes – already are one-third higher than the 2019 total, which itself broke the previous record. The CO2 released from these fires through the end of August totalled around 244 […]
2020年对北极来说是异常炎热的一年，尤其是在俄罗斯北部高纬度地区。从1月份开始，一股持续的持续热浪打破了纪录，在6月份达到38摄氏度（100.4华氏度）的峰值。从那以后，极端高温持续不断。例如，西伯利亚的俄罗斯城镇维尔霍扬斯克已经经历了11天以上……