4 consequences of global warming in the Arctic

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Global warming in the Arctic doesn't only mean ice sheets melting.   Here are 4 other unexpected and terrible consequences of the rise in temperature.

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00:30Although wildfires are common in the northern hemisphere between May and October, the latitude,

00:57meaning the fact that they're so high up and the intensity of these fires is particularly unusual.

01:05The average June temperature in parts of Siberia, where the worst of the wildfires are ranging,

01:11was almost 10 degrees Celsius higher in June than the 1981 to 2000 long-term average.

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02:28In the winter, it can rain and snow all year round,

02:33which means that the ice is closest to the ground and there are icicles in the snow,

02:39which means that the rain can't dig through it and it can't eat the lava on the ground.

02:46Which means that rainforesters have to cultivate their rains.

02:51Climate change is already affecting here and now, and it's not a future problem, it's already happening today.

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