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Arctic Report Card: Update for 2017
Arctic shows no sign of returning to reliably frozen region of recent past decades
Archive of previous Arctic Report Cards
2017 Arctic Report Card

Authors and Affiliations

U. S. Bhatt, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

J. Bjerke, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Tromsø, Norway

J. E. Box, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark

R. Brown, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

J. Cappelen, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

H. H. Christiansen, Geology Department, University Centre in Svalbard, UNIS, Norway

J. C. Comiso, Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

L. W. Cooper, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD, USA

T. Cronin, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA

C. Derksen, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

C. Dickerson, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

D. S. Drozdov, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Science Center, Tyumen, Russia; Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

L. B. Eisner, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, Seattle, WA, USA

H. Epstein, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

J. Farmer, Princeton University – Department of Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, USA

S. Farrell, NOAA Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

P. Fauchald, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Tromsø, Norway

R. S. Fausto, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark

X. Fettweis, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

B. C. Forbes, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland

K. E. Frey, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA

S. Gerland, Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway

R. R. Gradinger, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

J. M. Grebmeier, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD, USA

C. Haas, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

E. Hanna, Department of Geography, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK

K. Hansen, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark

I. Hanssen-Bauer, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Blindern, 0313 Oslo, Norway

S. Helfrich, NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, USA

S. Hendricks, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

K. Holsman, Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management Division, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA

T. Horstkotte, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

J. Ianelli, Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management Division, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA

K. Isaksen, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway

A. L. Kholodov, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

S. -J. Kim, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Republic of Korea

T. Krumpen, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

C. Ladd, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, Seattle, WA, USA

K. Luojus, Arctic Research Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland

M. Macias-Fauria, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

G. V. Malkova, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Science Center, Tyumen, Russia

S. S. Marchenko, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

A. Martin, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

J. T. Mathis, NOAA Arctic Research Program, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA

W. Meier, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, USA

T. Mote, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

L. Mudryk, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

R. Myneni, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

E. Osborne, NOAA Arctic Research Program, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA

J. E. Overland, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, USA

D. Perovich, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA

G. Phoenix, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

C. Polashenski, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA; ERDC – CRREL, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH, USA

M. Raynolds, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

J. Richter-Menge, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Northern Engineering, Fairbanks, AK, USA

R. Ricker, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

V. E. Romanovsky, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

I. Sasgen, Climate Sciences Department, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany

N. I. Shiklomanov, Department of Geography, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

E. Siddon, Auke Bay Laboratories, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 17109 Point Lena Loop Rd, Juneau, AK 99801, USA

C. J. P. P. Smeets, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

S. L. Smith, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

S. Starkweather, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, 216 UCB, University of Colorado Boulder campus, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

D. A. Streletskiy, Department of Geography, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

M. Tedesco, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA; NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies, New York, NY, USA

R. L. Thoman, NOAA, National Weather Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK, USA

M. -L. Timmermans, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

H. Tømmervik, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Tromsø, Norway

J. -É. Tremblay, Québec-Océan and Takuvik, Biology Department, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada

M. Tschudi, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

D. van As, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark

R. S. W. van de Wal, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

I. Velicogna, Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, California, USA

H. Vickers, Norut Northern Research Institute, Tromsø, Norway

D. Walker, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

J. E. Walsh, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

M. Wang, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

M. Webster, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

A. Whitehouse, Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management Division, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA

K. Wood, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, Seattle, WA, USA

A. York, Alaska Fire Science Consortium, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA

S. Zador, Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management Division, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA

R. Ziel, Alaska Fire Science Consortium, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA

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