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Between 1950 and 2022, seasonal precipitation has been increasing across most of the Arctic in fall (October-December) and winter (January-March). The darker the color, the bigger the change over the past ~70 years: green for places that have grown wetter, brown for places that have grown drier. Read the full story. NOAA Climate.gov maps, based on ERA5 reanalysis data provided by Siiri Bigalke.