Arctic Report Card 2022
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About Arctic Report Card 2022
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 environmental system relative to historical records. The ARC is intended for a wide audience, including scientists, teachers, students, decision-makers, policy-makers, and the general public interested in the Arctic environment and science.
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Arctic Pollinators
Knowledge of Arctic pollinators is deficient, despite their important functional roles in terrestrial ecosystems and contribution to the food systems of Arctic Indigenous Peoples and Arctic residents.
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Lessons From Oceans Melting Greenland, a NASA Airborne Mission
Greenland’s ice sheet is disappearing.
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Partnering in Search of Answers: Seabird Die-offs in the Bering and Chukchi Seas
Prior to 2015, seabird die-offs in Alaskan waters were rare. Since 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has monitored mortality events that have become annual occurrences in Alaska.
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Satellite Record of Pan-Arctic Maritime Ship Traffic
A prominent socioeconomic development in recent years has been an increase in maritime ship traffic (characterized in view of ship movements and attributes of type, size, and flag state) in the Arctic Ocean as the sea ice diminishes with climate warming.
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Lake Ice
Lake ice cover is an important component of the cryosphere and changes to the timing of ice freeze-up, break-up, duration, and thickness can have substantial impacts on weather and climate, transportation, and ecology.
Consequences of Rapid Environmental Arctic Change for People
In this essay and the accompanying oral history, Indigenous, scientific, and decision-making experts collaboratively describe some consequences of these rapid changes for people.
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