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Norway’s Arctic Archipelago Records Highest Temperature In Over 40 Years

Norway’s Arctic Archipelago Svalbard on Saturday recorded its highest temperature for over 40 years, almost equal to the all-time record.  Global warming in the Arctic is happening twice as fast as the rest of the planet. For the second day in a row, the archipelago registered 21.2 degrees Celsius (70.2 Fahrenheit) of heat in the afternoon.

The relative heat wave is a huge spike of normal temperatures in July, the hottest month in the Arctic.