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It’s 90 degrees Farenheit (32°C) in the Arctic right now | The Arctic is heating faster than the rest of the planet. New data illustrate how dire that is (www.scientificamerican.com)

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[+] quarkquasar@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

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[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago*

My place is usually prettey mildly temperatured, not too hot and not too cold, but this years it was unbearable and sometimes the hottest place in Europe. Shit's fucked beyond saving

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