National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Commerce

The Arctic is getting hotter, greener and less icy much faster than expected, report finds

Tue, 12/08/2020
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Bitterly cold, frozen and inhospitable to nearly all wildlife apart from polar bears. This is the image of the Arctic that comes to mind for many. But in a matter of decades -- a blink of an eye in the history of this planet -- human-caused global warming has transformed the Arctic into a place that scientists say is increasingly unrecognizable. Jim Overland is quoted.