Greenland’s out-of-sync climate explained
As Northern Hemisphere warmed, island cooled — but warming catch-up is under way
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OUT OF SYNC Slight changes in the sun’s activity can cause big changes in Greenland’s temperature decades later by changing ocean currents, new research suggests. A dip in the sun’s brightness in the 1950s may have cooled Greenland in the 1980s and 1990s.
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