NOAA’s Arctic Report Card for 2011 shows climate change is impacting Earth’s ecosystems to greater extent previously reported.

“Persistent warming has caused dramatic changes in the Arctic Ocean and the ecosystem it supports.

Ocean changes include reduced sea ice and freshening of the upper ocean, and impacts such as increased biological productivity at the base of the food chain and loss of habit for walrus and polar bears.”

Try to get past the bland tone of the narrator and the silly flute music in this video and pick up on some of the findings from the Report Card.

#climate change  #sea level rise  #arctic  #noaa  #ice  #glaciers  #report card  #science  #adaptation  #oceans  #polar bear  
∞  12/02/11 at 04:23pm via arctic.noaa.gov
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