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In addition, the period between October and December in 2020 was the warmest Arctic autumn on record, dating back to 1900, according to the report.The sun sets as rain falls beyond floating ice and icebergs in Disko Bay above the Arctic Circle on Sept. 4, 2021 in Ilulissat, Greenland. 2021 will mark one of the biggest ice melt years for Greenland in recorded history.
In the Eurasian Arctic, terrestrial snow cover in June 2021 was the third-lowest since records began in 1967, the report states. In the North American Arctic, snow cover has been below average for 15 consecutive years.Icebergs which calved from the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier float in the Ilulissat Icefjord on Sept. 4, 2021 in Ilulissat, Greenland. 2021 will mark one of the biggest ice melt years for Greenland in recorded history.
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