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The Arctic Region is affected heavily by global warming. In the past 100 years, surface temperatures in the area have increased at almost double the global average rate corresponding with a rise in mean annual temperature by about 2–3 °C and up to 4 °C in winter since the 1950s.
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Weidemann, L. (2014). Summary. In: International Governance of the Arctic Marine Environment. Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04471-2_5
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