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The Arctic circle undergoes a strong warming event, as a powerful high-pressure system warms up the polar region, boosting the ice melt season

The Arctic circle is quite warmer than normal this year. The pressure patterns are allowing warmer air to be transported into the region. The past …

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An extraordinary “heatwave” will enter the Arctic region, raising temperatures more than 20°C above the long-term average, pushing out the colder air into Canada!

Strong airmass changes across the North Hemisphere continue, as patterns change on the shift from winter to summer. Strong pressure differences over the polar regions, …

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*Analysis* March 2020 brought Spring three weeks earlier than normal to the USA and reduced the blowtorch winter anomalies over Europe

The first spring month is behind us, so its time we look back how warm/cold it was and what wasspecial about this month. The pressure …

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*Rapid ICE growth* Arctic sea ice reaches the largest early February ice area in the past 11 years! It even exceeds the 2001-2010 average size

Overall, winter was rather mild across much of Eurasia and North America, with the exception of Alaska and parts of Canada. But, that means that …

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*Planet Earth* The deepest land on Earth has been found. It is hiding under 4 kilometers of ice, on the ancient continent of Antarctica!

Planet Earth never ceases to amaze us. Just when we think we know it all, new data and new studies are revealed, deepening the understanding …

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Rapid daily sea-ice growth in the Arctic began! But October 2019 still goes down in history with lowest monthly sea-ice extent on record!

October 2019 was quite a wild ride as far as Arctic sea-ice goes. It started as the 3rd lowest on record, and it finished in …

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