Annual update on Arctic to be announced at meeting of American Geophysical Union
Warming at more than twice the rate of anywhere else on Earth, the Arctic is on the front lines of climate change. (Image credit: NOAA)
NOAA and its partners will release the latest scientific observations of the Arctic, a sensitive part of the world that impacts other parts of the planet, at a press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. PT/1:30 p.m. ET, hosted by the American Geophysical Union at its Annual Fall Meeting in San Francisco.
A panel of scientists led by Jeremy Mathis, director of NOAA's Arctic Research Program, will provide this year's report on sea ice, snow cover, air temperature, ocean temperature, the Greenland ice sheet, vegetation, and wildlife changes. The Arctic Report Card, annually updated since 2006, demonstrates the importance of long-term observing programs to effectively measure and attribute significant changes in the Arctic.
Reporters are invited to attend the press conference in person at the Moscone Conference Center, Moscone West, Room 3000, in San Francisco, or may participate remotely via web streaming offered for all press conferences at the American Geophysical Union Fall meeting.
WHAT
- Arctic Report Card 2016 press conference at AGU's annual fall meeting in San Francisco, California.
WHEN
- Tuesday, December 13, 2016
- 1:30-2:30 p.m. Eastern Time / 10:30-11:30 a.m. Pacific Time (U.S.)
LOCATION
- AGU Fall Meeting, Moscone Center, 747 Howard Street, Press Conference Room (Room 3000, Moscone West, Level 3), San Francisco, CA 94103
WHO
- Jeremy Mathis, co-editor of the Arctic Report Card and director of NOAA's Arctic Research Program
- Marco Tedesco, research professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
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Donald Perovich, adjunct professor of engineering, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
LIVE STREAM VIA WEB
- All AGU press conferences may be accessed live via the internet. To learn how to participate in the press conference, see http://fallmeeting.agu.org
/2016/media-center/webstreamin offsite link.g/ - At the time of the press conference, go to the AGU press conferences web page offsite link.
- All AGU press conferences will be archived on their YouTube channel.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- 2016 Arctic Report Card offsite link website (Will be updated with the 2016 findings, photographs, graphics, a video and other information on Tuesday, Dec. 13 during the press conference)
- Press release (Available Dec. 13)
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