Why is #Lapland on fire? #Finland’s far north set for record-breakingly hot summer

The average monthly temperature in the northern part of the country was between 15.5 and 18C, around 2 to 3.4 degrees above the average temperature. The number of hot days - defined by FMI as days when the daily temperature exceeds 25C - reached 20 in July, four days above the monthly average.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/08/27/why-is-lapland-on-fire-finlands-far-north-set-for-record-breakingly-hot-summer

#ClimateCrisis
#GlobalHeating, human made

Finnish Lapland is on track for a record-breakingly hot summer

Wildfires in the vast wilderness of Lapland are set to get more frequent by the end of the century due to climate change.

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