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Arctic Report Card: Update for 2022

Arctic Report Card: Update for 2022

The warming Arctic reveals shifting seasons, widespread disturbances, and the value of diverse observations. Shifting seasons and climate-driven disturbances, such as wildfires, extreme weather, and unusual wildlife mortality events, are becoming increasingly difficult to assess within the context of what has been previously considered normal. Read more at the 2022 Arctic Report Card site...

January 6, 2023 0 Comments
NOAA celebrates new Arctic observatory near Utqiaġvik

NOAA celebrates new Arctic observatory near Utqiaġvik

More than 50 years after NOAA commissioned the first Arctic atmospheric observatory in a temporary building at the northernmost point of the United States, NOAA leadership celebrated a new, expanded observatory and research facility worthy of the significance of its work. 

August 5, 2022 0 Comments
Expedition reveals deep insights into the Arctic of tomorrow

Expedition reveals deep insights into the Arctic of tomorrow

Two years ago, hundreds of international scientists set off on the one-year MOSAiC expedition, collecting unprecedented environmental datasets over a full annual cycle in the Central Arctic Ocean. Now, the team's findings are starting to be published. 

February 7, 2022 0 Comments
Arctic Report Card: Climate change transforming Arctic into ‘dramatically different state’

Arctic Report Card: Climate change transforming Arctic into ‘dramatically different state’

NOAA’s 2021 Arctic Report Card documents the numerous ways that climate change continues to fundamentally alter this once reliably-frozen region, as increasing heat and the loss of ice drive its transformation into a warmer, less frozen and more uncertain future. 

December 14, 2021 0 Comments
Read some of our favorite interviews with NOAA scientists

Read some of our favorite interviews with NOAA scientists

NOAA scientists collect critical ice and atmospheric data in the Arctic, use innovative approaches to track ocean acidification, build elegant climate and ecosystem models - and so much more. That work leads to more accurate weather forecasts and an overall deeper understanding of the intricacies of our planet.

December 29, 2020 0 Comments
Sea ice loss and extreme wildfires mark another year of Arctic change

Sea ice loss and extreme wildfires mark another year of Arctic change

NOAA’s 15th Arctic Report Card catalogs for 2020 the numerous ways that climate change continues to disrupt the polar region, with second-highest air temperatures and second-lowest summer sea ice driving a cascade of impacts.

December 8, 2020 0 Comments
Monitoring Change in the Arctic

Monitoring Change in the Arctic

While NOAA has had to cancel many of its planned research surveys in Alaska, it has been able to conduct a number of scaled-back research surveys in 2020. One such survey that will be finishing up this week is in the Arctic and was conducted on board NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson to collect critical data supporting a long time series involving many scientific partners.

September 25, 2020 0 Comments
2020 Arctic sea ice minimum second lowest on record

2020 Arctic sea ice minimum second lowest on record

September 21, 2020 0 Comments
Institute for climate, ocean and ecosystem research announced

Institute for climate, ocean and ecosystem research announced

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today announced it has selected the University of Washington to host NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES). 

May 20, 2020 0 Comments
NOAA Research's top 5 stories from 2019

NOAA Research's top 5 stories from 2019

December 30, 2019 0 Comments
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