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How the Arctic’s poor health affects everyday life

NOAA’s latest tally of the region’s vital signs includes a look at the human impact

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NOAA’s 2019 Arctic Report Card details how climate change is altering the Arctic’s land, atmosphere and ocean (two ships in the Arctic Ocean on a survey to map the region’s continental shelf, shown).

Patrick Kelley/U.S. Coast Guard

By Maria Temming

- More than 2 years ago

SAN FRANCISCO — Polar bears have long been the poster children for the woes of Arctic warming.