The North Pole has recorded temperatures at what degree above average?

a. 30 degree F

b. 36 degree F

c. 20 degree C

d. Both b and c

ANSWER: Both b and c

Explanation:

The North Pole has recorded temperatures 20 degree C (36 degree F) above average alongside a record low of sea ice for October, creating alarm for climate change scientists across the world.

The polar night in the region lasts for more than 24 hours and the Arctic is supposed to get super cold

October is the first full month when sea ice is supposed to grow; however, the ice area is 28.5 % below the 1981-2010 average

This is the smallest since the record was begun being estimated in the late 1970s

NOAA has declared October the third warmest on record in 2016 after 2014 and 2015

The Arctic has been more warm for a long period of time

Parts of Greenland including the top of Greenland’s ice sheet was 7 degree C warmer than the average the previous month, and there has also been rise in temperature on Alaska’s north slope