Arctic Report Card

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	Atmosphere Sea Ice Biology	Ocean Greenland Land
Warming (red) and mixed (yellow) signals

There continues to be widespread and, in some cases, dramatic evidence of an overall warming of the Arctic system.

	Atmosphere 5° C temperature increases were recorded in autumn			Ocean Observed increase in temperature of surface and deep ocean layers
	Sea Ice Near-record minimum summer sea ice extent			Greenland Records set in both the duration and extent of summer surface melt
	Biology Fisheries and marine mammals impacted by loss of sea ice			Land Permafrost temperatures tend to increase, while snow extent tends to decrease