Dramatic Arctic fires and sea ice melt, show need for urgent climate action
Dramatic Arctic fires and sea ice melt, show need for urgent climate action “Exceptional and prolonged” temperatures in Siberia, have left parts of the Arctic warmer than sub-tropical Florida, and fuelled “devastating” wildfires for a second consecutive year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday 24 July 2020, while warning also of rapidly decreasing sea ice along the Russian polar coast. According to the UN agency, temperatures in Siberia have been more than 5C above average from January…
