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NOAA Arctic Report Card 2023
NOAA Arctic Report Card 2023ARCTIC ESSAYS
More frequent extreme weather and climate events are transforming the Arctic, yet resiliency and opportunity lie within diverse partnerships
The Arctic is increasingly warmer, less frozen, and wetter, with regional extremes in weather, climate patterns, and ecosystem responses. Centering locally and internationally-focused partnerships, long-term observations, and equitable climate solutions provides Arctic communities and nations as well as society-at-large with information and mechanisms to cope with a rapidly changing Arctic.
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In the ocean
More frequent extreme weather and climate events are transforming the Arctic, yet resiliency and opportunity lie within diverse partnerships
The Arctic is increasingly warmer, less frozen, and wetter, with regional extremes in weather, climate patterns, and ecosystem responses. Centering locally and internationally-focused partnerships, long-term observations, and equitable climate solutions provides Arctic communities and nations as well as society-at-large with information and mechanisms to cope with a rapidly changing Arctic.
Headlines
In the air
- Average surface air temperatures for the Arctic in the past year were the sixth warmest since 1900.
- Summer surface air temperatures were the warmest on record.
- Summer high-pressure systems brought warm temperatures, widespread melting, and exceptional rainfall volumes across the Greenland Ice Sheet.[u/li]
In the ocean
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