Norway
Arctic temperatures far above average
(NRK via Barents Observer, 4 January 2010) -- Air temperatures in the Arctic were in November and December between 5 and 9 degrees above the average, Norwegian meteorologist Vidar Eng confirms. The measurements, which have been made at Norwegian meteorologist stations in the Arctic in the last two months of 2009, showed a major increase compared with average figures from the period. Mr. Eng from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute in Tromsø believes the high temperatures could come from combined number of reasons, and first of all from the less amounts of ice in the area and the higher temperatures in the sea water. For all of 2009, the average temperature was three degrees higher than normal, NRK reports.
Posted 3 January 2010; 9:48:40 PM. Permalink
Tagged: Barents Euro-Arctic Region, Circumpolar News, Climate Change and Weather, Environment and Landscape, January10, Nordic Region, Norway
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