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Re:Arctic temperatures soar 25 degrees above normal in the d... by nashashmi on Saturday February 24, 2018 @05:45PM (#16455903)
That's OP's point. It is only a spike, not an event that points to climate change. A climate change event example would be an average yearly temperature changing significantly.
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Re:Arctic temperatures soar 25 degrees above normal in the d... by ianai on Saturday February 24, 2018 @07:08PM (#16456288)
As a lay person, I think the poles are much more symbolic of the total state of the weather/water system in the micro level than anywhere else on earth. An observation with several sigmas of difference from average at the poles probably translates to very widespread conditions.
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