Arctic getting warmer
The Arctic shows further signs of warming with a decline in sea ice, an increase in shrubs growing on the tundra and rising worries about the Greenland ice sheet, a new study concludes. The new "State of the Arctic" analysis, released by the U.S. government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, also reports an increase in northward movement of warmer water through the Bering Strait in 2001-2004, which might be a factor in continuing reduction of sea ice. For each of the last five years it was at least 1 degree Celsius (1.8 F) above average over the entire Arctic over the entire year. (November 20, 2006)
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Polar bears suffer from global warming
A new study estimated that only 43 percent of polar bear cubs in the southern Beaufort Sea survived their first year during the past five years, compared to a 65 percent survival rate in the late 1980s and early 1990s. According to the author of the study, Steven Amstrup, the changes in survival of cubs are very dramatic. (November 20, 2006)
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