Arctic oil infrastructure faces climate karma
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Beaches, clear blue seas, scorching temperatures and long days. Forget the Caribbean, your next summer beach holiday could be on the shores of Russia’s Arctic Ocean. Temperatures at Nizhnyaya Pesha, some 840 miles (1,352 kilometers) northeast of Moscow and just 12 miles from the Arctic Ocean coast, reached 86 degrees Fahrenheit (24 degrees Celsius) in early June — a disaster for anyone worried about the planet’s future. Further to the east and further inland, things got even hotter. Russia’s state weather authority confirmed that the temperature at the small town of Verkhoyansk — which sits about 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle and boasts the Pole of Cold District Museum of Local Lore as its only tourist attraction listed on Tripadvisor — hit 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees C) on June 20.
Citation
Lee, J. (2020, July 8). Arctic oil infrastructure faces climate karma. BusinessWorld, p. S1/9.
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Beaches; Temperature; Climatic changes; Oil spills; Permafrost; Ice melting; Water pollution; Rivers; Lakes; Environmental impact; Greenhouse effect; Global warming; European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts; Russian Ministry of Natural Resources; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC; US Bureau of Land Management; Marques, Clara Ferreira; Caribbean; Arctic Ocean; Russia; Nizhnyaya Pesha; Verkhoyansk; Siberia
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