Warming and melting Arctic has 'cascading effects' around the globe, 2018 Arctic Report Card says

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In the year 2018, surface air temperatures in the Arctic continued to warm at roughly twice the rate relative to the rest of the globe. It was the second warmest year, second only to 2016, on record in the Arctic since 1900, at +1.7 C relative to the long-term average between 1981 and 2010. This year continues to follow a trend of Arctic warming and sea ice melting. All five years since 2014 have been warmer than any prior records, according to an annual report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The NOAA's 2018 Arctic Report Card was released on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting. This is the report’s 13th year, and it reflects on a range of land, ice and ocean