There's an extremely warm blotch over Siberia right now

A big swath of Siberia has been way, way warmer than normal this year. Through May 2020, temperatures in the region averaged about 13 degrees Fahrenheit, or 7 degrees Celsius, above average, with some places experiencing record warmth during this period. The conspicuous warm spot — seen on climate maps produced by NASA, NOAA, and other agencies — has had quite a run. During each of the past five months, temperatures in this region were much higher than average.  “That’s rather remarkable,” Flavio Lehner, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, told Mashable. This exceptional event is a consequence of warmer weather amplified by human-caused climate change. Read more...More about Global Warming, Extreme Weather, Climate Change, Science, and Climate Environment