AGU Fall Meeting 2022 Press Conference: NOAA 2022 Arctic Report Card
Now in its 17th year, the 2022 NOAA Arctic Report Card catalogs the disruptive impacts of climate change on a vital region that is warming more than twice as quickly as other regions. In addition to reporting on this year's air temperature, sea ice extent, ocean temperature, plankton blooms, snow cover, tundra/ forest greenness, and Greenland ice sheet, the report card will include new chapters on emerging issues such as precipitation, Arctic shipping trends, bird populations and the safety, health and economic impacts of climate change for Indigenous and other Arctic communities. With more than 120 authors from 11 countries, the NOAA Arctic Report Card, is an internationally recognized primary source of information for media, students, scientists, Arctic communities and other decision-makers.
Speakers (all in person):
Rick Spinrad, NOAA Administrator.
Matthew Druckenmiller, National Snow & Ice Data Center, lead editor of the Arctic Report Card
Karen Frey, Clark University, author of report on primary productivity or Arctic plankton blooms
John Walsh, International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, lead author of new chapter on precipitation
Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, Director of Climate Initiatives for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, co-author of the 2022 Arctic Report Card essay on how rapid environmental Arctic change is affecting people.
Additional panelist for the Q&A was Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Contact: Monica Allen, Director of Public Affairs for NOAA Research, [email protected]
