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NOAA: 2008 Arctic Report Card

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

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