Circumpolar Arctic tundra Vegetation Change is Linked to Sea-Ice Decline US Bhatt1, DA Walker1, MK Raynolds1, HE Epstein3, G Jia4, JC Comiso5, R Gens1, JE Pinzon5, CJ Tucker5, CE Tweedie6, PJ Webber7 1UAF, 3UVA, 4CAS

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• Planetary science
• Arctic
• Poles
• Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• Climatology
• Beringia
• Sea ice
• Polar ice packs
• EVI
• Physical geography
• Earth
• Glaciology

Abstract: The recent acceleration in Arctic sea ice decline is larger than predicted in most modeling studies. This suggests a heat source for the ice melt that is absent or underrepresented in the models. A relatively w

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1 Effects of Arctic Sea Ice Decline on Weather and Climate: a review Timo Vihma Finnish Meteorological Institute P.O. Box 503

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• Atmospheric sciences
• Glaciology
• Effects of global warming
• Climate
• Arctic Ocean
• Climate change in the Arctic
• Polar ice packs
• North Atlantic oscillation
• Arctic
• Physical geography
• Earth
• Sea ice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (April 23, 2012) Montreal, Canada — International Polar Year 2012: From Knowledge to Action POPULATIONS OF ARCTIC MARINE MAMMALS AND FISH INCREASING, BIRDS ON EDGE OF DECLINE: FISH TRENDS LINKED

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• Arctic
• Poles
• Sea ice
• Regime shift
• Conservation biology
• Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
• Climate change in the Arctic
• Physical geography
• Biology
• Extreme points of Earth