Arctic Report Card: Continued Evidence of Warming in the Arctic
Ahead of the public release of the annual Arctic Report Card, scientists from NOAA and four partner institutions will discuss key indicators, including summer sea ice minimum and record temperatures, of warming in the Arctic system.
The Arctic Report Card will be available at: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/
WHAT:
Media teleconference with authors of sections of the annual report
WHEN:
Thursday, October 16; 11 a.m. EDT
HOW:
Media planning to participate can contact Jana.Goldman@noaa.gov
for call-in numbers.
WHO:
- Jackie Richter-Menge, ERDC-Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, N.H.
Also available for background information and inquiries:
- James Overland, NOAA, Seattle
- Michael Simpkin, NOAA, Silver Spring, Md.
- Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, Alaska
- Jason Box, Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, Ohio
- Michael Svoboda, Environment Canada, Whitehorse, Yukon
NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth's environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and conserves and manages our coastal and marine resources.