Summer 2023 is hottest on record in the Arctic

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The average temperature in July and August 2023 reached 6.4°C in the Arctic.

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An aerial view captured from a helicopter shows the ice cap atop the mountains of the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, northern Norway, September 13, 2023. (VIKEN KANTARCI / AFP)

The summer of 2023 was the hottest on record in the Arctic. This is what underlines a report published Tuesday, December 12 by the American Atmospheric and Oceanic Agency (NOAA). With an average temperature of 6.4°C, the months of July and August 2023 broke all records in the Arctic. Overall, the year 2023 will be the hottest in history, the European Copernicus service announced earlier in December.

“The overarching message from this year’s report is that it is time to act”Rick Spinrad, head of NOAA, said in a statement. “As a nation and global community, we must dramatically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving these changes”he added.

At the same time in Dubai, the negotiations for COP28, the annual United Nations climate conference, are facing blockage from certain oil-producing countries to include, in a final agreement text, an objective of phasing out fossil fuels.


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