Rick Thoman

Dec 10, 2024 | idahopress.com | Twila Moon |Matthew L. Druckenmiller |Rick Thoman

Arctic has changed dramatically in just a couple of decades – 2024 report card shows worrying trends in snow, ice, wildfire and more

Dec 10, 2024 | sightmagazine.com.au | Twila Moon |Matthew L. Druckenmiller |Rick Thoman |David Adams

TWILA A MOON, MATTHEW L DRUCKENMILLER and RICK THOMAN, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the findings of the latest Arctic report card…The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the four million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can profoundly affect lives around the world.

Dec 10, 2024 | theconversation.com | Twila Moon |Matthew L. Druckenmiller |Rick Thoman

The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can profoundly affect lives around the world. Coastal flooding is worsening in many communities as Arctic glaciers and the Greenland Ice Sheet send meltwater into the oceans.

Dec 10, 2024 | caledonianrecord.com | Rick Thoman

The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can profoundly affect lives around the world. Coastal flooding is worsening in many communities as Arctic glaciers and the Greenland Ice Sheet send meltwater into the oceans.

Mar 2, 2024 | chron.com | Rick Thoman

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) The year 2023 shattered the record for the warmest summer in the Arctic, and people and ecosystems across the region felt the impact. Wildfires forced evacuations across Canada. Greenland was so warm that a research station at the ice sheet summit recorded melting in late June, only its fifth melting event on record.