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Scientists’ data shows that global warming in the Arctic is occurring twice as fast as in the rest of the planet.
The archipelago registered a temperature of 21.2 degrees Celsius for the second consecutive day on Saturday afternoon, slightly below the record of 21.3 degrees in 1979, meteorologist Kristen Gislefoss told AFP. However, around 6 p.m. A heat of 21.7 degrees was recorded, which is the new historical record.
The Svalbard archipelago, whose only inhabited island is Spitsbergen, is the northernmost archipelago in Norway, located 1,000 kilometers from the North Pole.
The relative heat wave is expected to last until Monday.
The normal temperature in the Svalbard archipelago at this time of year is usually 5-8 degrees Celsius. However, since January, temperatures across the region have been five degrees above normal.
A recent report, Svalbard Climate 2100, predicts that average temperatures in the archipelago will increase by 7-10 degrees between 2070 and 2100 due to increased levels of greenhouse gases.
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