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July 25, 2020 It is a hot record in the Svalbard islands, the Arctic archipelago of Norway, where today the mercury column marked 21.2 degrees: according to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, it is the highest temperature ever recorded in forty years, positioning itself at a breath from the absolute record since the surveys began, that is the 21.3 degrees set on July 16, 1979.The archipelago is located a thousand kilometers from the North Pole. The peak of heat, which according to experts should last until Monday, clearly goes well beyond the seasonal averages of July, which is the hottest month in the Arctic, when the Svalbards usually stand between 5 and 8 degrees Celsius .
The Arctic, according to experts, is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the planet. In the summer that we are experiencing, the region was marked by episodes of heat in Arctic Russia, with a peak in early July of 38 degrees beyond the Arctic Circle.
A Norwegian report - "Climate in Svalbard 2100" - predicts that the average temperature of the islands in the 2070-2100 period could be 7-10 degrees higher than in the 1970-2000 period due to human emissions.
The effects are already visible. From 1971 to 2017, it should be noted, "an increase from 3 to 5 degrees Celsius was observed, with the strongest peaks in winter".