Re:Arctic Is Warming At 'Astonishing' Rates, Researchers Say
by alpsgolden on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @10:34AM
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Is there a reason NPR didn't actually report the facts from the report? Here they are:
- The September monthly average sea ice trend for the entire Arctic Ocean is now -13.3% per decade relative to the 1981-2010 average. Trends are smaller during March (-2.7% per decade), but are still decreasing at a statistically significant rate.
- The mean annual surface air temperature anomaly (+2.0° C relative to the 1981-2010 mean value) for October 2015-September 2016 for land stations north of 60° N is the highest value in the record starting in 1900 (Fig. 1.1). This is an increase of 3.5° C since the beginning of the 20th Century, and the largest annual increase since 1995. Currently, the Arctic is warming at more than twice the rate of lower latitudes. http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/Portals/7/EasyDNNNews/thumbs/271/...
- The September monthly average sea ice trend for the entire Arctic Ocean is now -13.3% per decade relative to the 1981-2010 average. Trends are smaller during March (-2.7% per decade), but are still decreasing at a statistically significant rate.
- I couldn't find a trend line for the average sea surface temperature. They did have a map with the changes plotted visually -- http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/Portals/7/EasyDNNNews/thumbs/285/...
- The mean annual surface air temperature anomaly (+2.0° C relative to the 1981-2010 mean value) for October 2015-September 2016 for land stations north of 60° N is the highest value in the record starting in 1900 (Fig. 1.1). This is an increase of 3.5° C since the beginning of the 20th Century, and the largest annual increase since 1995. Currently, the Arctic is warming at more than twice the rate of lower latitudes. http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/Portals/7/EasyDNNNews/thumbs/271/...