claim: The full data for latitudes 64-90°N reveal the Arctic is warmer today than in 1940.
evidences.evidence_id: Arctic fox:115
evidences.article: Arctic fox
evidences.evidence: Globally, the Pliocene was about 2–3 °C warmer than today, and the Arctic during the summer in the mid-Pliocene was 8 °C warmer.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Arctic:12
evidences.article: Arctic
evidences.evidence: Another definition of the Arctic is the region where the average temperature for the warmest month (July) is below 10 °C (50 °F); the northernmost tree line roughly follows the isotherm at the boundary of this region.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Arctic:16
evidences.article: Arctic
evidences.evidence: Average winter temperatures can go as low as −40 °C (−40 °F), and the coldest recorded temperature is approximately −68 °C (−90 °F).
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Arctic:18
evidences.article: Arctic
evidences.evidence: The Arctic is affected by current global warming, leading to Arctic sea ice shrinkage, diminished ice in the Greenland ice sheet, and Arctic methane release as the permafrost thaws.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Arctic:19
evidences.article: Arctic
evidences.evidence: Due to the poleward migration of the planet's isotherms (about 56 km (35 mi) per decade during the past 30 years as a consequence of global warming), the Arctic region (as defined by tree line and temperature) is currently shrinking.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS