Less summer ice - which deflects solar radiation - has resulted in a rise in both the ocean and atmospheric temperature.
A boat skims through melting ice on the west coast of GreenlandThe US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says autumn air temperatures in the region are at a record 5ºC (9ºF) above average.
The annual NOAA report, which monitors climate change, said there has been a near-record loss of summer sea ice, though not as much as last year which was the warmest on record for the Arctic, continuing a trend that began in the mid-1960s.
They also report a loss of surface ice in Greenland. - Telegram.co.uk
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