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Question
Why doesn’t Europe have a cold climate more similar to that of Alaska and northern Canada though it lies on the same latitudes?
Solution
It is because most of Europe has the advantage of warm ocean currents coming north from tropics. There is little interaction with colder air masses and colder ocean currents so overall. Europe remains warmer than Alaska and Northern Canada.
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