From the IPCC’s March 2014 AR 5 Impacts Summary.
Arctic Report Card - NOAA 1213.pdf
Satellite-based % change in vegetation greenness at the peak of the growing season in the Arctic between 1982-2012.
Deepest brown is 25% decrease, deepest green is 25% increase.
"Greener Arctic tundra of the recent past is likely to be the new normal."
Map by NOAA Climate.gov, based on AVHRR data provided by Uma Bhatt, University of Alaska-Fairbanks. December 12, 2013.
To Flee the Heat, Animals Move North & Up 0811.rtf
- Range, current & projected, for 9-banded armadillo.
Section Map: Bio Impacts