Arctic shows a rise in temperatures

Elizabeth Barber has a Time article about the Arctic:

NOAA has released its annual Arctic Report Card. It’s not fabulous
Arctic air temperatures are still increasing at twice the rate of global air temperatures.
This year’s Report Card, a collaborative report by sixty-three authors from thirteen countries, reports a disappointing continuation of Arctic warming: Alaska is seeing temperature anomalies more than 18 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the January average; temperatures are rising in the seas of the Arctic Ocean; and snow cover across the Arctic region is below average.
The report also includes an assessment of climate change’s impact on polar bears, finding a population decline in Hudson Bay, Canada, where the ice season is turning shorter. Still, polar bear numbers have stabilized elsewhere, including in the southern Beaufort Sea.

Rico says that polar bears will do better (what with medical care and consistent food) in zoos, anyway...