2024/08/01 by Matthew L. Druckenmiller, Richard Thoman, Twila Moon +91 · 2 voices · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Geological Studies and Exploration
paper · doi:10.1175/bams-d-24-0101.1
<p>Journal article: Arctic observations in 2023 provided clear evidence of rapid and pronounced climate and <br>environmental change, shaped by past and ongoing human activities that release greenhouse <br>gases into the atmosphere and push the broader Earth system into uncharted territory. This <br>chapter provides a snapshot of 2023 and summarizes decades-long trends observed across the <br>Arctic, including warming surface air and sea-surface temperatures, decreasing snow cover, <br>diminishing sea ice, thawing permafrost, and continued mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet <br>and Arctic glaciers. These changes are driving a transition to a wetter, greener, and less frozen <br>Arctic, with serious implications for Arctic peoples and ecosystems, as well as for low- and <br>midlatitudes</p>