Tie for warmest June globally, Siberia sizzles: EUSiberia and the Arctic Circle are prone to large year-on-year temperature fluctuations, but the persistence of this year's warm spell is very unusual. PARIS: Temperatures soared 10 degrees Celsius above average in June across much of permafrost-laden Siberia, with last month in a dead heat for the warmest June on record globally, the European Union's climate monitoring network said Tuesday. The hourly record -- averaged across 60 minutes -- was one to two degrees above previously registered Arctic highs in 1969 and 1973. - Permafrost 'carbon bomb' -"What is worrisome is that the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the world," he said in a statement. Across the Arctic region, average temperatures have risen by more than two degrees Celsius since the mid-19th century, twice the global average.

Source: Bangkok Post July 07, 2020 07:07 UTC