2023 Arctic Report Card
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Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Creator | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Summary | The Arctic Report Card (hereafter ‘ARC’) has been issued annually since 2006. It is a timely and peer-reviewed source for clear, reliable, and concise environmental information on the current state of different components of the Arctic system relative to historical records. The ARC is intended for a wide audience interested in the Arctic environment and science, including scientists, teachers, students, decision-makers, policymakers, and the general public. ARC2023 contains 12 essay contributions prepared by an international team of 82 scientists from 13 countries. An independent peer review of ARC2023 was organized by the Secretariat of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). ARC is classified as a NOAA Technical Report and is archived within the NOAA Library Institutional Repository. ARC2023 is organized into three sections: Vital Signs, Other Indicators, and Frostbites. The Vital Signs section is for annual updates on eight recurring topics: Surface Air Temperature; Terrestrial Snow Cover; Precipitation; Greenland Ice Sheet; Sea Ice; Sea Surface Temperature; Arctic Ocean Primary Productivity; and Tundra Greenness. The Other Indicators section is for topics that are updated every 2-4 years, many of which have appeared in previous ARCs. The Frostbites section is for reports on new and newsworthy items, addressing emerging issues and topics that relate to long-term observations in the Arctic. In addition, each year the Executive Summary offers a high-level synthesis of the content within the Arctic Report Card. Unique to the 2023 Executive Summary is the sidebar on wildfire. Given the extraordinary wildfire season in 2023 and associated impacts that transpired in parts of northern Canada (after ARC2023 essays topics were identified), the sidebar offers a brief report on the summer wildfire season in the Arctic. |
| Local Relevance | This report card assesses the current state of the Arctic environment considering climate change, including the NWT. |
| Notes | A web version of the 2023 Arctic Report Card can be found at: https://arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/report-card-2023/. |
| Tags | Permafrost,Marine,Research,Wildfire,Temperature,Snow,Precipitation,Sea Ice,Ocean Temperature,Vegetation |
| Geographic Region | NWT |
| Release Date | 2020-01-01 |
| Last Modified Date | 2020-01-01 |
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