Open AccessArctic continues warming trend
Author(s) -
Zielinski Sarah
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2006eo480003
Subject(s) - tundra , climatology , arctic , arctic sea ice decline , environmental science , arctic ecology , the arctic , sea ice , permafrost , global warming , arctic ice pack , vegetation (pathology) , oceanography , arctic geoengineering , arctic dipole anomaly , cryosphere , climate change , physical geography , geography , geology , antarctic sea ice , medicine , pathology
The Arctic continued to show signs of warming in 2001–2005, according to a report authored by a group of international scientists and released on 16 November by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. These signs include a continued reduction in the extent of sea ice, which reached a record minimum in 2005. An increase in the northward transport of ocean heat through the Bering Strait in 2001–2004 is believed to be a factor in the loss of sea ice. The State of the Arctic Report also documented increasing permafrost temperatures and increasing greenness of tundra vegetation.