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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman

New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds

people walk along the water as the sun rises
The sun rises over Boston, Massachusetts, on 28 February 2025. Photograph: David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

The US region called New England is widely known for its colonial history, maple syrup and frigid, snow-bound winters. Many of these norms are in the process of being upended, however, by a rapidly altering climate, with new research finding the area is heating up faster than almost anywhere else on Earth.

The breakneck speed of New England’s transformation makes it the fastest-heating area of the US, bar the Alaskan Arctic, and the pace of its temperature rise has apparently increased in the past five years, according to the study.

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