“Alarming” and “extraordinary” rate of change as the Arctic warms, NOAA report says

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DECEMBER 9, 2020 / 7:42 AM/ CBS NEWShttps://www.cbsnews.com/embed/video/?v=b757838fb084d02338ffe86f5eb294be#vVZbb9s2FP4rgh6HMKbukoFhSJYB7dZ1QdI%2BDFFh8HJks6EuI6XYRpH%2FvkNJtpOsWNFiHQIjFHmu3zn8Dj%2F5bOjbTrO9v%2BzNAGf%2Bg5LQ%2BstPvuqhtv7y7pPf7zvwl%2F5DK%2F0zX0lcVpLxJKoSEsuwIDHgqqgiSZKMVjnEOQ8EQ9m6291A9dpp3PNrxR%2F0X9dXr%2FfwR9Fcql9vfi%2FyP%2Ffb7BU1byxKWz2sUdKABWbEBowlom2EHiQQzcwabE%2FwoFeCwK4DqXrVNqjXq167%2BG5Oil6lGmU33qzmXYxq3jM1CfeohItq0PpzNg7O%2F9WKYE3bKMH0u2%2B10Ksaj1jd%2BcsgpUkaxnGWUEoxwsGwUWgZ0uT0%2BYZx0OiJRsswQQN6%2Bm4wDSxPzdCTq591sG%2F6vrPLclEuBLcNbG10jguF%2FjCOc9HW5WIz8HKhyoUpFyENabkIAvxl5SIucgpMBCQOM4mVTlOSR0FBgipivEplWlHU7DdDzRumdLlIY7qLUrQQJ3klKxGJKgsg5wnLsFc4VCJhPKc8m6Ih1WAxHfJ1BSdHhyTJiywuyOz2%2FGO3RjQ2n007%2FI5pB2FOd5kzwdKIMk4TkSQykkGaMwlpFgueMZ4mofh%2BeT%2Be%2BZ2BBwXb90Y%2FA8B2Wgk4Z7Ven6sWY%2Bww6YcQf%2B6il4svXcxyMRsuF%2F6RHZ7Y70wrz5EaxpPzGe4J4vkDXSHIG21fIh3kIc1ymgZBnmJAY1rZahSsme3BnNfRkB%2B8hv%2B726o1NevRLesciOPlKxc7Unewfn%2FzBiWGF2Bvt9vnscwgf12pR6SVfV13rQvHX1ZMW6RmJGolRmp2PZ6zKBNpwongMiYxF5xwKlNScde%2BYVYEWX5iVReVux0KjAsE6f5u2vuAncMMNP07Z%2F0tqx2J%2FXx5%2B%2Fap9OV%2BOribTj5gu0GnbCtxL0AfwKyjKT9wDmFdo7npYOiwe6w9psC0vhACdy51K%2B6PpGXfWzC3A7fCKA7yKG67trGtOchtYHdxBRUbtKsKPcM%2Ff9y9PO1GxVmcnCWFY1bDxL1q1g4yrIYVrYFxja0UUZrQPEUCj%2Bd855o5Tk9x6wfnEj8au7L9au1QcWWddli3Yi7ft%2BXiwn9ENOphd23aDky%2F%2Fw0QXD%2BMM5AsSaMgk0ESF3ERhFHEotR%2FRMRr6NnI0RhiD%2Bu9W%2BPeppVTt0EjR7Nz8Spg%2FWBAEuFGALgxPM9kDBghcnCf5iAu8ZLj4th%2Buw3eBNFqDWLqr6NauXhpu1z8pOxKt%2Bs1yJVqfqSOW54iqewvDePaVWl6MTCD7avhYsD4jRv2d34YyojRPCECMkekIEgRQkxABHEhaSRFHrrOe6Z6aLGPUFUed50nQWv1RG58SbC8wLYXOYmzYHx7VIQHaUESFrEsSXKZBW4qzirXA7%2FCtFxFkARIEBJaeDRYRtkyyk9ih%2BldYocyU2Oqpe%2BxRnqlDzvMvjVSNczscdeh5LWVJzasWYPHrNdv8N802beobM%2B8pmXMM9C1pvcs29snjg51a3qEfzXvuqY7lmeCkKaMpjTlBMIE31lFkBBWBZyEkIWFyCMcsJWD5qR3wE9ofARgjFOATkYigYuDawn2HplkpJgreHDI%2BI4D1gcB1%2BYr9%2Fpzlxn%2Fv1KOg%2B78bWu0dObc5u3kE8Wn7Wl3toBX3l1c9QDeFrg%2FM9dYvZRmSRXTnGRYKRIEEJJCuqrQIK8gZ5RyelCYyejgANNSeMPjI5a37WAETOTmzZeTG6zatWa9I%2B%2FR48zHKxff6pS8%2B5wdzBLOLTCthtq1OQ6YSuknx04BRaBxkLnx4y7G8fn3cuz%2BYxJMI2muDZlqc6B%2B1y5kahcisO3HAVDjNGDXrR1HwgysBibnYv33Dp3VGZFv0B6p5otBfes8fHz8Gw%3D%3D

TheArctic is warmingand changing rapidly, with record or near-record conditions documented across the region in 2020. That’s according to an international team of 133 researchers from over a dozen countries who contributed to the 15th annualNOAA Arctic Report Card, released on Tuesday.https://49e4f3dda93c67c4eae5185b641c59d4.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html

The report is a comprehensive year-in-review of Arctic conditions — what NOAA calls vital signs — that characterize the health and stability of the Arctic ecosystem. They include variables like air temperature, sea ice andwildland fires. While climate conditions in this frigid part of the world typically change naturally at a glacial pace, in recent years the transformation has been occurring at a breakneck speed.

In the a video accompanying the report, NOAA says there have been “alarming rates of change observed” since the 2006 Arctic Report Card, and adds…

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