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#BREAKING Arctic has warmed three times faster than Earth since 1971: report

#UPDATE The Arctic warmed three times faster than the planet as a whole between 1971 and 2019, a higher rate than previously thought, a report by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme warned Thursday

#UPDATE In less than half a century, from 1971 to 2019, the Arctic's average annual temperature rose by 3.1C, compared to 1C for the planet as a whole
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#UPDATE Arctic countries on Thursday pledged to fight #globalwarming, which is happening three times faster in the Far North than on the planet as a whole, and to advance peace in the region as its geopolitical importance rises u.afp.com/UeFA #ArcticCouncil