Arctic Faced One Of The Hottest Years In 2020, Study Says
ARCTIC – The year 2020 is one of the hottest years that the Arctic had to endure, according to the current Report Card published by the NOAA.
A report from Rappler says that it did not beat the record set in 2012. However, it is still close to qualify it to be one of the hottest. The year’s late summer thaw is by far the second worst.
The Arctic Report Card 2020 that was published by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration shows that Alaska’s North Slope faced its coldest February this year, breaking the record to that in Svalbard, Norway.
Meanwhile, Sibera reported heat records, with temperatures that are 3-5 degrees Celsius or 5.4 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit higher than normal. The region suffered terrible wildfires during spring.
The North Pole’s air temperature at its surface was 1.9 degrees Celsius higher that the average set for the 1981-2010 period, hence, earning the second hottest year since 1900.
Arctic amplification, known as the phenomenon which causes the region to heat up faster than the other parts of the Earth, is in full force.
The region’s ocean is also heating up, based on the report. in August, the water was 1 and 3 degrees Celsius or 1.8 and 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit hotter at the surface that the average set for 1982-2010.
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