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Climate.gov graphics and editorial teams support annual rollout of NOAA's Arctic Report Card

December 20, 2022

Climate.gov collaborated with Arctic experts to produce a collection of magazine-quality data visualizations for the 2022 Annual Arctic Report Card. Report editors used the images in their story about the report card in The Conversation.

Early snowmelt across Arctic in 2022 continues long-term pattern

Michon Scott | December 13, 2022

Snow-cover duration continued a longer-term pattern in 2021–22, of significantly faster springtime snowmelt.

As sea ice retreats, more ship traffic is entering the Arctic high seas

Rebecca Lindsey | December 13, 2022

Ship traffic is increasing as sea ice dwindles—not just in near-shore, territorial waters of Arctic coastal countries, but increasingly, in the high seas of the Central Arctic Ocean.

Arctic has sixth-warmest year on record in 2022

Michon Scott | December 13, 2022

Arctic temperatures over 2021-22 were the sixth-warmest on record, based on records dating back to 1900.

2022 Arctic Report Card: image highlights

December 13, 2022

Highlights from the 2022 update to NOAA's Arctic Report Card in maps and charts.

NOAA's 2022 Arctic Report Card confirms precipitation—including extreme precipitation—is increasing in the Arctic

Rebecca Lindsey | December 13, 2022

Consistent with model predictions, a warmer Arctic is increasingly a wetter one.

Late-season melt spikes break records in Greenland

Michon Scott | December 13, 2022

The 2022 melt season on the Greenland Ice Sheet started slowly, but ended late, with multiple melt spikes in September.

December 2022 La Niña update: the ENSO Blog investigates, part 1

Emily Becker | December 7, 2022

With the third La Niña winter in a row well underway, our blogger takes a look at how La Niña influences the range of winter daily temperatures.

Refining long-term data of stratospheric ozone with observations and modeling

December 6, 2022

Recent research has suggested possible ozone recovery in the upper stratosphere and decreasing ozone in the lower stratosphere. A new study supports a declining ozone trend in the lower stratosphere but no ozone “recovery” in the upper stratosphere.

Improved predictability of air-sea interactions between Arctic and tropical zones

December 6, 2022

A new study examines how rising global temperatures may affect weather patterns in the region stretching from the east coasts of China and Taiwan, and Japan.

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