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Record Arctic temperatures will have 'devastating effects', UCC scientist warns

Prolonged warming of the Arctic Circle will have “devastating effects” on the rest of the world, an Irish climatologist has warned.

Record Arctic temperatures will have 'devastating effects', UCC scientist warns

Wed, 24 Jun, 2020 - 14:30

Evelyn Ring

Children play in a lake outside Verkhoyansk, where record-breaking temperatures were recorded over the weekend. Pic: Olga Burtseva via AP

Additional reporting: Darla Litvinova and Seth Borenstein

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