ApocaDocs: NOAA offers 'dramatic evidence' of Arctic warming

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Posted Fri Oct 17 2008: from NOAA, via Mongabay:


	NOAA offers 'dramatic evidence' of Arctic warming http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1224254813 Fall air temperatures 9 degrees F (5 degrees C) above normal, the second lowest-ever extent of summer sea ice, and the melting of surface ice in Greenland are signs of continued warming in the Arctic, according to the Arctic Report Card, an annual review of Arctic conditions by U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its partners. "Changes in the Arctic show a domino effect from multiple causes more clearly than in other regions," said James Overland, an oceanographer at NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle and a lead author of the report. "It's a sensitive system and often reflects changes in relatively fast and dramatic ways."

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