Arctic has changed dramatically in just a couple of decades – 2024 report card shows worrying trends in snow, ice, wildfire and more

Image caption: Arctic sea ice as recorded on Sept. 9, 2011 by the AMSR-E instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite. Image courtesy of NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio, Goddard Space Flight Center via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Twila A. Moon, Matthew L. Druckenmiller and Rick Thoman. The Conversation – December 10, 2024. Full Report PDF: 2024 NOAA Arctic Report Card.

The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can profoundly affect lives around the world. Coastal flooding is worsening in many communities as […]

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