5 Year Study: What Happens in the Arctic Does Not Stay in the Arctic
After two years of interviews from Seattle, to Oslo, to Greenland, boiling down hundreds of hours of detailed questioning with some of the most renowned arctic experts from the entire host of Arctic nations, the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program today releases a 5 year study on the state of our knowledge of arctic change.
The Snow,Water, Ice, and Permafrost in the Arctic, or SWIPA, is rolling out today at a conference in Reston, Va, and I’ve produced videos to illustrate the major findings.
Chief among those is the solidification of the observations that changes in Arctic sea ice are beginning to cause downstream effects in the temperate zones. If you’ve ever heard the question “Why do I care if the Arctic is melting?” – this video will be a good answer.
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