Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Arctic Report Card 2019

The 14th annual Arctic Report Card, compiled by more than 80 scientists for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association showed that warming in the Arctic region is accelerating with troubling findings.Temperatures in the Arctic were the second-warmest on record for an 11-month period ending in August. The permafrost continues to thaw, potentially releasing up to 600 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year. Fish are beginning to migrate north. The Greenland Ice sheet melting is accelerating.....


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