The Arctic is warming at the fastest rate of any region on the planet, about twice as quickly as the globe's average rate of warming, scientists recently reported. Not only that, but the effects of this warming are increasingly visible well beyond the region's iconic sea ice and polar bears, according to the 2014 Arctic Report Card, which was released earlier this month by an international team of scientists.
Spearheaded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Arctic Report Card has been produced each year since 2006, and with each passing year, the footprint of climate change throughout the far north is growing. Read more...
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