Warmer air and sea, declining ice continue to trigger Arctic change
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 15 December, 2015
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A new report shows that air temperature in 2015 across the Arctic was well above average with temperature anomalies over land more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit above average, the highest since records began in 1900. Increasing air and sea surface temperatures, decreasing sea ice extent and Greenland ice sheet mass, and changing behavior of fish and walrus are among key observations....