Arctic Report Card

Warming of the Arctic continues to be widespread, and in some cases, dramatic.
Linkages between air, land, sea, and biology are evident.

	Atmosphere Sea Ice Biology	Ocean Greenland Land
Red boxes: Consistent evidence of warming. Yellow boxes: Many indications of warming.

Atmosphere
Large scale wind patterns impacted by loss of summer sea ice

Sea Ice
Multi-year sea ice is being replaced by first year sea ice

Ocean
Upper ocean remains warm and less salty

Land
Increased runoff in Siberia, less snow in North America

Greenland
Ice sheet loss continues

Biology
High Arctic species impacted by loss of sea ice

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