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Northeast warming more rapidly than most of US

Sarah Coughlin from Dorchester practice her yoga routine on a dock on the Charles River Esplanade. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe

New England is likely to experience significantly greater warming over the next decade, and beyond, than the rest of the planet, according to new findings by climate scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The region’s temperatures are projected to rise by an average of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels by 2025, according to the study, published this week in PLOS One, a journal published by the Public Library of Science.

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