Weird Arctic Weather Causes Near-Disaster In Northernmost Town

Originally published: Dec 2 2014 - 3:00pm, Inside Science News ServiceBy: Joel Shurkin, ISNS Contributor(Inside Science)--What happens when it gets too warm in the dead of an Arctic winter? As residents of Norway's northern islands found out in January 2012, it could become a disaster.The snow and ice on the islands melted. It rained for days and the high temperatures lasted for two weeks. Permafrost, the frozen soil that can reach hundreds of feet deep, started to melt. Then it got cold again a...