BY ZACK BUDRYK – 03/08/21 10:40 AM EST 426508

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The Arctic Ocean saw February temperatures that were warmer than the past two decades’ average, according to areport released Mondayby Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.

Worldwide, the month’s temperatures were close to the average for the past 30 years but included the coldest anomaly in nearly six years, according to the organization’s report.

“Conditions were much colder than its 1991-2020 average over much of Russia and North America, but much warmer than average over parts of the Arctic and in a band stretching eastward from north-western Africa and southern Europe to China,” the report states. “Temperature for Europe as a whole, for February 2021, was also close to the 1991-2020 average, though parts of Europe saw considerable variation in temperatures during the month.”

Copernicus further found that the extent of sea ice…