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Topic: Arctic

Melting sea ice in the Chukchi Sea as viewed by scientists from a NOAA Twin Otter airplane. Instruments were deployed during this mission to measure Arctic ocean temperatures. Credit: NOAA/ Leah Chomiak, Hollings Scholar

Q&A: What do Arctic ice and Atlantic hurricanes have in common?

June 20, 2016

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Melting sea ice in the Chukchi Sea as viewed by scientists from a NOAA Twin Otter airplane. Instruments were deployed during this mission to measure Arctic ocean temperatures. Credit: NOAA/ Leah Chomiak, Hollings Scholar

The Barrow Observatory in Alaska, May 18, 2016. Intense early-season heat caused the earliest snowmelt date in 73 years of record-keeping. Barrow is the northernmost point in the United States.

Arctic set for record-breaking melt this summer

May 20, 2016

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The Barrow Observatory in Alaska, May 18, 2016. Intense early-season heat caused the earliest snowmelt date in 73 years of record-keeping. Barrow is the northernmost point in the United States.

A 231-foot hydrographic survey vessel with the NOAA emblem on its bow plows through the water with snow-covered mountains in the background.

Arctic charting: Mapping a new frontier

June 21, 2016

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charts and maps

nautical charts and maps

A 231-foot hydrographic survey vessel with the NOAA emblem on its bow plows through the water with snow-covered mountains in the background.

Infrared images (on left) can help scientists spot some animals, circled in red, more easily than visual images (on right).

When seals can’t be seen, cameras feel the heat

May 6, 2016

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Infrared images (on left) can help scientists spot some animals, circled in red, more easily than visual images (on right).

Aerial view of a gray whale near the ice edge with mud plume from bottom feeding. Photo credit: Vicki Beaver, NOAA Fisheries. NMFS Permit No. 14245. Funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (IA Contract No. M11PG00033).

Sentinels of change: Gray whales in the Arctic

April 8, 2016

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Aerial view of a gray whale near the ice edge with mud plume from bottom feeding. Photo credit: Vicki Beaver, NOAA Fisheries. NMFS Permit No. 14245. Funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (IA Contract No. M11PG00033).

Arctic land area average temperature from October 2014-September 2015 compared to the 1981-2010 average.

Warmer air and sea, declining ice continue to trigger Arctic change

December 15, 2015

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Arctic land area average temperature from October 2014-September 2015 compared to the 1981-2010 average.

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NOAA to release Arctic Report Card 2015

December 8, 2015

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A lone hiker in the Delong Mountains in the Western Arctic National Parklands, August 2014.

Warmer air and sea, declining ice continue to trigger Arctic change

January 7, 2016

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climate impacts

A lone hiker in the Delong Mountains in the Western Arctic National Parklands, August 2014.

Warming at more than twice the rate of anywhere else on Earth, the Arctic is on the front lines of climate change.

NOAA deploys survey ships for Arctic charting projects

June 8, 2015

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Warming at more than twice the rate of anywhere else on Earth, the Arctic is on the front lines of climate change.

NOAA officers aboard one of the smaller survey vessels contemplate the vastness of the Chukchi Sea during the NOAA Ship Fairweather's reconnaissance survey in 2013.

NOAA plans increased 2015 Arctic nautical charting operations

March 17, 2015

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NOAA officers aboard one of the smaller survey vessels contemplate the vastness of the Chukchi Sea during the NOAA Ship Fairweather's reconnaissance survey in 2013.

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