Greenland has registered its warmest January on record, sharpening concerns over how fast-rising Arctic temperatures are reshaping core parts of the island's economy.
The Arctic island, coveted by US President Donald Trump, is warming at a rate four times faster than the global average.
Preliminary temperature readings from the Danish Meteorological Institute in the Greenlandic capital Nuuk averaged +0.2C in January, the highest on record and well above the historical average of -7.7C between 1991 and 2020.
"Climate change is already clearly visible on Greenland," said Jacob Hoyer, head of the National Centre for Climate Research at the Danish Meteorological Institute.
The escaped polar vortex is just one instance of extreme weather playing out right now around the world. With so much cold air much farther south than usual, typically frigid regions have become relatively balmy. [emphasis added here and above]
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