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March 13, 2021

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February 21, 2021

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December 31, 2020

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December 13, 2020

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Climate change has profoundly transformed Arctic, report warns

December 8, 2020 - Andrew Freedman in Washington Post

Global warming has profoundly transformed Arctic in just 15 years, report warns

The Arctic as we once knew it, an inhospitable, barely accessible and icebound place, is gone. Climate change has transformed it into a region that can heat up to 100 degrees, is beset by ferocious wildfires, and is covered in permafrost that is no longer permanent. The sea ice cover that has long defined the Far North is fast disappearing. This is the picture from a new international scientific assessment released Tuesday.

 

The 2020 Arctic Report Card, a report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) involving 133 scientists from 15 countries, points to trends that, with each passing year, have grown more extreme and have far-reaching implications for people living far outside the region, including in the Lower 48 states.

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November 16, 2020

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October 14, 2020

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July 14, 2020

Read our July 2020 newsletter, featuring a masterwork by an under-appreciated Arctic Quebec carver, Thomassie Tookalook and suggestions for your Inuit art library

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June 14, 2020

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April 14, 2020

Read our April 2020 newsletter, featuring the work of Qaqaq Ashoona, a first-generation master carver from Cape Dorset, and tips on reading Inuktitut signatures