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- The World Meteorological Organization warned that temperatures in Siberia were about 18 degrees F above average in June as devastating fires rage across the Arctic and ice melts off the Arctic coast.
- The Siberian heat wave and record heat in the Arctic would be virtually impossible without human-caused climate change. A Siberian town reached a record 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit in June.
- “What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said.
A woman near the ruins of a summer house destroyed by a fire in a dacha community in Moshkovo District, Novosibirsk Region, south Siberia. Novosibirsk Region is experiencing hundreds of fires believed to have been caused by burning old grass.
Kirill Kukhmar | TASS | Getty Images
The World Meteorological Organization warned on Friday that temperatures in Siberia were about 18 degrees [10 degrees Celsius] above average…
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