Nowhere on Earth is the climate changing faster than in the Arctic, a region where NOAA has invested in several long-term research programs. From her Boulder, Colorado, office, Taneil Uttal leads NOAA’s Physical Sciences Division’s Polar Processes and Observations Group. Her team works to understand what is controlling Arctic climate change.
![The Greenland Environmental Observatory at the summit of Greenland Ice Sheet is a prime place to observe the aurora borealis. NOAA scientists work at the international observatory monitoring Arctic change. (Image credit: Christopher Cox/NOAA) The Greenland Environmental Observatory at the summit of Greenland Ice Sheet is a prime place to observe the aurora borealis. NOAA scientists work at the international observatory monitoring Arctic change.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO-NORTHERNLIGHTS%20%E2%80%93%20Christopher%2CNOAA-32011-1130x550-Landscape.jpg?itok=RvJBKtmN)
The Greenland Environmental Observatory at the summit of Greenland Ice Sheet is a prime place to observe the aurora borealis. NOAA scientists work at the international observatory monitoring Arctic change. (Image credit: Christopher Cox/NOAA)