NOAA Arctic Report Card 2009 – Warming of the Arctic continues to be widespread

Arctic Report Card 2009 – Tracking Recent Environmental Changes – Warming of the Arctic continues to be widespread, and in some cases, dramatic. Linkages between air, land, sea, and biology are evident, October 2009 –

“It is apparent that the heating of the ocean in areas of extreme summer sea ice loss is directly impacting surface air temperatures over the Arctic Ocean, where surface air temperature anomalies reached an unprecedented +4°C during October through December 2008. There is evidence that the effect of higher air temperatures in the lower Arctic atmosphere is contributing to changes in the atmospheric circulation in both the Arctic and northern mid-latitudes.”

NOAA Arctic Report Card 2009 – Warming of the Arctic continues to be widespread

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