Annual update on the Arctic to be issued December 11 at American Geophysical Union meeting
The treeless slopes of the Arctic Divide near the Nunamuit village of Anaktuvuk Pass, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. Undated photo. (Image credit: Sean Tevebaugh/National Park Service)
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 news conference on Tue., Dec. 11, at 10:00 a.m. ET, hosted by the American Geophysical Union at its annual fall meeting in Washington, D.C.
A panel of scientists, led by retired Navy Rear Adm. Timothy Gallaudet, Ph.D., acting NOAA administrator, will provide this year's report on sea ice, snow cover, air temperature, ocean temperature, the Greenland ice sheet, vegetation and ecosystem changes. The Arctic Report Card, updated annually since 2006, demonstrates the importance of long-term observing programs to effectively measure significant changes in the Arctic.
The news conference will also be streamed live on the AGU press events webpage offsite link. Reporters can watch the press event in real time and asks questions via an online chat. For more information and instructions, click on the “Webstreaming offsite link” button in the Fall Meeting Media Center offsite link.
WHAT:
Arctic Report Card 2018 news conference at AGU's annual fall meeting in Washington, D.C.
WHEN:
Tue., Dec. 11, 10:00-10:45 a.m. ET
WHERE:
AGU Press Conference Room
Shaw/LeDroit Park Room on Level M3
Marriott Marquis
901 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20001
WHO:
- Retired Navy Adm. Timothy Gallaudet, acting NOAA administrator
- Emily Osborne, NOAA’s Arctic Research Program
- Donald Perovich, Dartmouth College
- Howard Epstein, University of Virginia
- Karen Frey, Clark University
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
NOAA’s Arctic Report Card website will be updated with 2018 findings, photographs, graphics, a video and other information at the start of the news conference.
