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Canada Warming Twice as Fast as the Rest of the World, Report Says (bbc.com)

Canada is warming on average at a rate twice as fast as the rest of the world, a new scientific report indicates. From a report: The federal government climate report also warns that changes are already evident in many parts of the country and are projected to intensify. Canada's Arctic has seen the deepest impact and will continue to warm at more than double the global rate. The report suggests that many of the effects already seen are probably irreversible. Canada's annual average temperature has increased by an estimated 1.7C (3F) since 1948, when nationwide temperatures were first recorded. The largest temperature increases have been seen in the North, the Prairies, and in northern British Columbia. Annual average temperature in northern Canada increased by approximately 2.3C.

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  1. Good for Canada? by jpaine619 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe they can move out of the igloos and into normal houses. ;)

  2. Duplicate post? by jfdavis668 · · Score: 4, Informative

    This same story is 12 stories down.

    1. Re:Duplicate post? by Daralantan · · Score: 3, Funny

      Canada warming posts happening twice as much as most other /. topics!

  3. I found out why by viperidaenz · · Score: 2

    Twice the number of this story have been posted, so twice the warming

  4. No it isn't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    * Canada is not warming at all.
    * If it is warming, it's not rising faster than the rest of the world.
    * It if it rising faster than the rest of the world, it's not human-created
    * If it is human created, it's not a significant change anyway.
    * profit!

    1. Re:No it isn't by FFOMelchior · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You forgot...
      * If it is human created, it's too late to stop it now anyway.
      * If it's not too late to stop it, why should we be the ones to stop our pollution when country X is polluting too!

  5. Nova Scotian here, Bull Shit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's the same old cold stuff .. Yes we had an exceptionally nice summer in 2018, but also a very, extra cold winter 2018-2019(thus far). I hate Canada, mostly because of the weather, then socialism(our healthcare SUCKS! fools, don't follow) and now replacement of my people(fastest rate of ethnic change in the world).