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October 2016
Photos and Animations for 2015 Report Card
Scenery (also see photos used in video, below) Arctic snow melt June 28, 2014, Central Arctic Management Area (collection)Photos by Bob Wick, Wilderness Specialist for the BLM’s National Conservation Lands Arctic snow covered tundra in winter, January 19, 2014Credit: John Winkelman Alaska National Guard fights Alaska wildfires, June 26, 2015Credit: Sherman Hogue Smoke from fire
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Arctic Report Card 2016
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2015 Headlines
Maximum sea ice extent on 25 February was 15 days earlier than average and the lowest value on record (1979-present). Minimum ice extent in September was the 4th lowest on record. Sea ice continues to be younger and thinner: in February and March 2015 there was twice as much first-year ice as there was 30 years ago.
Executive Summary
The Arctic Report Card (www.arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/) considers a range of environmental observations throughout the Arctic, and is updated annually. As in previous years, the 2014 update to the Arctic Report Card describes the current state of different physical and biological components of the Arctic environmental system and illustrates that change continues to occur throughout the system.