FM16 Press Conference: Arctic Report Card 2016
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The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth, affecting people in the region, their cultures, the wildlife they depend on for food, and their environment. This unprecedented change has broad ramifications beyond the region for the global economy, weather, climate, sea level, trade, security and energy development. The 2016 Arctic Report Card brings together the work of 61 scientists from 11 nations to provide the latest information on multiple measures of Arctic environmental change, including air and sea surface temperature, sea ice, snow cover, the Greenland ice sheet, vegetation, wildlife and the abundance of plankton at the base of the marine food chain. The peer-reviewed report led by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will also include a report on Arctic ocean acidification and essays on the increasing pressure to effectively communicate information on Arctic change to communities and other stakeholders to help them strengthen their resilience to change. Participants: Jeremy Mathis, NOAA Arctic Research Program, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.; Jacqueline Richter-Menge, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.A.; Marco Tedesco, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, U.S.A. Arctic Report Card 2016: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/Report-Card-2016
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Why do these folks thing the Arctic will be ice-free by 2040 when it appears for all graphs I seen to be before 2025? This is a 15 year difference! Am I to believe the graphs or these guys?
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You are a very scientific community and made a very scientific presentation. You stated that you wanted to have tools to present to the public. May I suggest a screwdriver, since we are going to be screwed. Could I suggest a sledge hammer since people aren't listening to you? You should be more forceful in your message. I supported Bernie Sanders, but I warned people in Europe that if the US would stop fracking and exporting pertroleum products, that here in Europe that this would have a huge effect on our lifestyle. No one is listening.
I am amazed that you remain calm talking about the possibility of a Blue Ocean event happening next year instead of 2100. Am I wrong to become alarmed?
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