Arctic Report Card: update for 2012 (NOAA 2012)
What's new in 2012? New records set for low snow extent and sea ice extent, and for widespread ice sheet melting, despite air temperatures - a key cause of melting - being unremarkable relative to the last decade. Multiple observations provide strong evidence of widespread, sustained change dri...
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
2016
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Online Access: | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8534 |
Summary: | What's new in 2012? New records set for low snow extent and sea ice extent, and for widespread ice sheet melting, despite air temperatures - a key cause of melting - being unremarkable relative to the last decade. Multiple observations provide strong evidence of widespread, sustained change driving Arctic environmental system into new state. |
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