Tag: sea ice loss

  • Siberian Town Hits 100 Degrees, and the UN Confirms an Arctic First

    Siberian Town Hits 100 Degrees, and the UN Confirms an Arctic First

    A number sat unconfirmed for more than a year, waiting on scientists who wanted proof before they’d put it in the record books. Verkhoyansk, a town roughly 115 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, had logged a reading that belonged nowhere near a place known for permafrost and polar bears. Investigators spent months checking equipment,…