DOE OSTI · 2438888
The Arctic
Abstract
Arctic observations in 2023 provided clear evidence of rapid and pronounced climate and environmental change, shaped by past and ongoing human activities that release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and push the broader Earth system into uncharted territory. This chapter provides a snapshot of 2023 and summarizes decades-long trends observed across the Arctic, including warming surface air and sea-surface temperatures, decreasing snow cover, diminishing sea ice, thawing permafrost, and continued mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet and Arctic glaciers. These changes are driving a transition to a wetter, greener, and less frozen Arctic, with serious implications for Arctic peoples and ecosystems, as well as for low- and midlatitudes
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Druckenmiller, M. L., Thoman, R. L., Moon, T. A., Andreassen, Liss Marie, Ballinger, Thomas J., Berner, Logan T., Bernhard, Germar H., Bhatt, Uma S., Bigalke, Siiri, Bjerke, Jarle W., Box, Jason E., Brettschneider, Brian, Brubaker, Mike, Burgess, David, Butler, Amy H., Christiansen, Hanne H., Decharme, Bertrand, Derksen, Chris, Divine, Dmitry, Drost Jensen, Caroline, Elias Chereque, Alesksandra, Epstein, Howard E., Farrell, Sinead, Fausto, Robert S., Fettweis, Xavier, Fioletov, Vitali E., Florentine, Caitlyn, Forbes, Bruce C., Frost, Gerald V. (J. J.), Gerland, Sebastian, Grooß, Jens-Uwe, Hanna, Edward, Hanssen-Bauer, Inger, Heatta, Máret J., Hendricks, Stefan, Ialongo, Iolanda, Isaksen, Ketil, Jeuring, Jelmer, Jia, Gensuo, Johnsen, Bjørn, Kaleschke, Lars, Kim, Seong-Joong, Kohler, Jack, Labe, Zachary, Lader, Rick, Lakkala, Kaisa, Lara, Mark J., Lee, Simon H., Loomis, Bryant D., Luks, Bartłomiej, Luojus, Kari, Macander, Matthew J., Magnússon, Rúna Í., Mankoff, Ken D., Manney, Gloria, Medley, Brooke, Meier, Walter N., Montesano, Paul M., Mote, Thomas L., Mudryk, Lawrence, Müller, Rolf, Neigh, Christopher S. R., Nyland, Kelsey E., Overland, James E., Pálsson, Finnur, Poinar, Kristin, Perovich, Donald K., Petty, Alek, Phoenix, Gareth K., Ricker, Robert, Romanovsky, Vladimir E., Sass, Louis, Scheller, Johan H., Serreze, Mark C., Shiklomanov, Nikolay I., Smith, Benjamin E., Smith, Sharon L., Streletskiy, Dmitry A., Svendby, Tove, Tedesco, Marco, Thomson, Laura, Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn, Tian-Kunze, Xiangshan, Timmermans, Mary-Louise, Tømmervik, Hans, Waigl, Christine F., Walker, Donald A., Walsh, John E., Wang, Muyin, Webster, Melinda, Wehrlé, Adrian, Wolken, Gabriel J., Wouters, Bert, Yang, Dedi. 2024-08-01. The Arctic. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-24-0101.1
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