Arctic Report Card

Coming soon....... Arctic Report Card Update for 2011 will be released December 1, 2011

Return to previous Arctic conditions is unlikely

Record high temperatures across Canadian Arctic and Greenland, a reduced summer sea ice cover, record snow cover decreases and links to some Northern Hemisphere weather support this conclusion

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

Atmosphere
Arctic climate is impacting mid-latitude weather, as seen in Winter 2009-2010

Sea Ice
Summer sea ice conditions for previous four years well below 1980s and 1990s

Ocean
Upper ocean showing year-to-year variability without significant trends

Land
Low winter snow accumulation, warm spring temperatures lead to record low snow cover duration

Greenland
Record setting high temperatures, ice melt, and glacier area loss

Biology
Rapid environmental change threatens to disrupt current natural cycles

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