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New York Times: Shift to a not-so-frozen North is well underway, scientists warn

Published Dec. 9, 2020 at 7:40 am

An undated handout picture obtained from the Russian Arctic National Park on March 4, 2019, shows polar bears off the coast of the remote Russian northern Novaya Zemlya archipelago, a tightly-controlled military area where a village declared a state of emergency in February after dozens of bears were seen entering homes and public buildings.

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The Arctic continued its unwavering shift toward a new climate in 2020, as the effects of near-record warming surged across the region, shrinking ice and snow cover and fueling extreme wildfires, scientists said Tuesday in an annual assessment of the region.