Researchers link 2016’s Arctic extremes to human-caused climate change
The scientists concluded that there was a “virtually zero chance” that 2016 conditions could have occurred without human contributions.
May 9, 2018
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Warm temperatures in the Arctic have attracted headlines this year, but it was deja vu for some scientists who witnessed the same weather and associated sea ice loss in the fall and winter of 2016. In what was dubbed a “black swan event,” the Arctic set a new annual temperature record with temperatures that were 50 degrees above normal.
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