Pristine

Welcome to the voice of America’s News Words.

This week’s news word is about climate change in the most northern part of Earth, the Arctic region.

Pristine.

The temperatures of the pristine Arctic are warning at twice the rate of the rest of the world.

Scientists say if current warming rates hold, the world will see an ice-free Arctic by 2040.

In the environment, pristine means not changed by people and left in its natural state.

Something is pristine if it is ours and in perfect condition.

Now you know the meaning of pristine.