Global warming in the Arctic doesn't only mean ice sheets melting.
Here are 4 other unexpected and terrible consequences of the rise in temperature.
Here are 4 other unexpected and terrible consequences of the rise in temperature.
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00:30Although wildfires are common in the northern hemisphere between May and October, the latitude,
00:57meaning the fact that they're so high up and the intensity of these fires is particularly unusual.
01:05The average June temperature in parts of Siberia, where the worst of the wildfires are ranging,
01:11was almost 10 degrees Celsius higher in June than the 1981 to 2000 long-term average.
01:27This video was made in Cooperation with the U.S. Department of State.
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02:28In the winter, it can rain and snow all year round,
02:33which means that the ice is closest to the ground and there are icicles in the snow,
02:39which means that the rain can't dig through it and it can't eat the lava on the ground.
02:46Which means that rainforesters have to cultivate their rains.
02:51Climate change is already affecting here and now, and it's not a future problem, it's already happening today.
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