Last week exceptionally high temperatures were measured in both polar regions. Around the North Pole it was no less than 30 degrees warmer than normal and at a measuring station in Antarctica even 40 degrees. Although these are very exceptional outliers, they can be partially explained, an expert tells NU.nl.
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Simultaneous ‘heat waves’ at the North and South Poles are largely coincidental
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