¥Glaciers
are melting.
¥Air
temperature ovef land is rising.
¥The
global percentage of land area in drought has increase by about 10%
¥Snow
cover is shrinking.
¥Regions
of Earth where water is frozen for at least one month each year are shrinking with impacts on related ecosystems.
¥The
southern boundary of North Hemisphere permafrost is retreating poleward.
¥Tree
lines are shifting poleward and to higher elevations.
¥Spring
is coming earlier.
¥Plants
are leafing out and blooming earlier each year.
¥The
lower atmosphere (troposphere) is warming.
¥The
tropics gave expanded.
¥Species
are migrating poleward and to higher elevations.
¥Atmospheric
humidity is rising.
¥The
global water cycle has accelerated.
¥Air
temperature over the oceans is rising.