Moon, T. A. and Druckenmiller, Matthew L. and Thoman, R. L. (2024) Arctic Report Card 2024. Project Report. NOAA.
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Abstract
The Arctic continues to warm faster than the globe overall and in 2024, for the 11th year in a row, Arctic temperature anomalies were higher than the global average. With 2024 on track to be the world’s hottest year on record, on the heels of a 2023 record, heightened Arctic warming is even more alarming. The 2024 Arctic Report Card (ARC2024) brings forward direct observations of record-breaking and near record breaking conditions that combine with stark regional differences to make local and regional experiences of environmental change highly variable for people, plants, and animals. The geographic designation of the Arctic has many definitions. Each ARC2024 essay notes the geography of focus for the observations discussed. ARC2024 provides an annual update on eight Arctic Vital Signs, from ocean primary productivity and surface temperatures to tundra greenness and snow cover, and examines three Indicator topics on Alaska ice seals, North American caribou, and Arctic lands as sources of global heat-trapping carbon emissions. The ARC2024 Frostbite contributed by the Ittaq Heritage and Research Centre in Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River), Nunavut is a powerful reminder that Arctic Indigenous hunters and harvesters are the region’s original researchers, developing complex and nuanced knowledge frameworks that are vital for Arctic Indigenous peoples and contribute to local to global research and observations.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
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| Subjects: | Natural Environment > Cryosphere Research and Education > Projects |
| Organizations: | Unspecified |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2026 09:59 |
| URI: | https://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/2944 |
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