"The Arctic air, land and water continue to change as the world's climate changes, says the 2010 State of the Arctic report, released this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization.
On the Arctic, the State of the Climate shows how 2010 marked the end of the warmest decade since instrument records began in 1900.
The summer of 2010 in Greenland reveals the speed and breadth of the environmental change occurring in the Arctic, the report says.
In Greenland, warm air from the south was responsible for the longest period and largest area of ice sheet melt since at least 1978, and the highest melt rate since at least 1958, it says."
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Of course, this is not noteworthy to the corporate news outlets more interested in the risible horse race for the Republican presidential nomination.