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New Jersey is heating up faster than any other state in the Northeast, pacing a region with rapidly rising temperatures, according to data gathered by a nonprofit research organization.

The cause of New Jersey’s dubious distinction is most likely a combination of factors, including the warming of the ocean bordering the coastal state and overdevelopment in some areas, experts say.

The heat-island phenomenon describes how cities, with all of their concrete and asphalt, soak up heat, making them several degrees warmer than surrounding areas.

A 2021 study links rapid warming in the region to the heating up of the adjacent Atlantic Ocean, the currents of which have possibly been affected by glacial melt farther north.

Warmer air can hold more water vapor, turning the atmosphere into a big sponge, ready to be released in a downpour by the next storm system, said Art DeGaetano, the director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University.

Meteorologists and climate scientists warn that highlighting states and even regions as warming faster than other places — distinctions that can come down to tenths of degrees — misses the broader point that the planet is heating up everywhere.

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