State of the climate in 2020
An international, peer-reviewed publication released each summer, the State of the Climate is the authoritative annual summary of the global climate published as a supplement to the Bulletin of the American
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Resilience and management of Arctic wetlands: phase 2 report
Arctic wetlands play a number of crucial environmental roles, but they continue to be degraded and lost, with potentially dire global consequences. This report offers insights and identifies knowledge
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Arctic climate change update 2021: key trends and impacts- summary for policy-makers
New observations show that the increase in Arctic average surface temperature between 1979 and 2019 was three times higher than the global average during this period – higher than previously reported -
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State of the Arctic terrestrial biodiversity report
A drastic drop in caribou and shorebird populations is a mirrored image of the dire modifications unfolding on the Arctic tundra, based on a new report from the Arctic Council. The terrestrial Arctic
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WMO aerosol bulletin on biomass burning
A new World Meteorological Organization bulletin on Aerosols examines the impact of biomass burning (wildfires and open burning for agriculture) on climate and air quality. It covers the episodes of the
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Arctic Report Card 2020
The Arctic Report Card is an annual compilation of original, peer-reviewed environmental observations and analyses of a region undergoing rapid and dramatic alterations to weather, climate, oceanic, and
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More frequent summer heat waves in southwestern China linked to the recent declining of Arctic sea ice
<p>Southwestern China (SWC) has suffered from increasing frequency of heat wave (HW) in recent summers. While the local drought-HW connection is one obvious mechanism for this change, remote controls remain
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The World Climate and Security Report 2020
<p>Climate change effect on water security will present high risk to global security in the next ten years warns this inaugural World Climate and Security report released by the International Military Council on Climate and Security. It is the first report of its kind, and is intended to inform future climate and security policy and analysis.</p>
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A Warming Arctic Produces Weather Extremes in Our Latitudes
Atmospheric researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have now developed a climate model that can accurately depict the frequently observed winding
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Rapid retreat of permafrost coastline observed with aerial drone photogrammetry
<p>Permafrost landscapes are changing around the Arctic in response to climate warming, with coastal erosion being one of the most prominent and hazardous features.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/permafrost-retreat.pdf"