ARCTIC IS WARMING AT TWICE THE GLOBAL AVERAGE

ROBERT LEE HOTZ, LA TIMES - Whales, walruses, seabirds and fish are
struggling to survive the changing climate of the Bering Sea, their
northern feeding grounds perhaps permanently disrupted by warmer
temperatures and melting ice, scientists reported Thursday in the
journal Science. . . All in all, the researchers said, the Arctic
climate of the northern Bering Sea is in full retreat, yielding to the
sub-Arctic system of the south. The changes are profound and perhaps
irreversible, even if cold weather eventually returns, the researchers
said. . . Overall, the Arctic is warming at twice the average global
rate.

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