The 2021 Arctic Report Card reveals a (human) story of cascading disruptions, extreme events and global connections

NOAA's 16th annual details how the region is continuing to undergo massive changes from human-caused global heating.

By Matthew Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder, Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Twila Moon, University of Colorado Boulder December 15, 2021
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The Arctic has long been portrayed as a distant end-of-the-Earth place, disconnected from everyday common experience. But as the planet rapidly warms, what happens in this icy region, where temperatures are rising twice as fast as the rest of the globe, increasingly affects lives around the world.

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