Map reveals Alaskan ‘hotspots’ of extreme warming
map by Christina Shintani
Map reveals Alaskan ‘hotspots’ of extreme warming
Some of the regions changing the fastest due to climate change are in the far north of the U.S. and Canada.
According to a new paper in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, the fastest-changing areas are dotted around Alaska, Canada’s Northwest Territories, and Siberia.
20 of the most vulnerable hot spots were home to permafrost, which is rapidly thawing around the Arctic, with others being boreal forests.a
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