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
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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Climate changePlace: Arctic CirclePlace: RussiaPlace: SiberiaPlace: VerkhoyanskPlace: Sakha RepublicPlace: MediterraneanPlace: EarthPlace: ArcticPlace: MoscowPlace: NorilskPlace: YakutskPerson: Darla LitvinovaPerson: Seth BorensteinPerson: Kieran HickeyPerson: HickeyPerson: Jonatan OverpeckPerson: Andrei KiselyovPerson: KiselyovOrganisation: UCCOrganisation: University College CorkOrganisation: World Meteorological OrganisationOrganisation: DepartmentOrganisation: RTÉOrganisation: University of MichiganOrganisation: Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory
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