{"id":379931,"date":"2025-05-25T20:02:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T18:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=379931"},"modified":"2025-05-25T20:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T18:02:06","slug":"bbc-warming-arctic-claims-are-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=379931","title":{"rendered":"BBC Warming Arctic Claims Are Fake\u00a0News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The BBC are at it again!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their latest report about Norway, \u201cTensions rise as superpowers scrap for a piece of the Arctic<\/a>\u201d, claims:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate scientists say the Arctic is warming four times faster than anywhere else. This impacts ecosystems, wildlife and local populations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reality temperatures in the Arctic have been stable for the last two decade. The Arctic is not \u201cwarming\u201d at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking further back, temperatures were at similar levels to now in the 1930s and 40s. In between that era and now, there was a plunge in temperatures, followed by a recovery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We see the same cyclical pattern in northern Norway too:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their latest report about Norway, \u201cTensions rise as superpowers scrap for a piece of the Arctic\u201d, claims:<\/p>\n

Climate scientists say the Arctic is warming four times faster than anywhere else. 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