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Scientists warn missing Russian data causing Arctic climate blind spots

By Kelly MACNAMARA Loss of scientific data from Russia’s Arctic monitoring stations following the invasion of Ukraine has worsened information gaps that could have serious implications for tracking and predicting climate change globally, researchers warned Monday. The Arctic is warming between two and four times faster than the rest of the planet and holds glaciers, forests and carbon-rich frozen soils at risk of irreversible change that could reverberate across the planet. Monitoring relies heavily on […]