Released in 2023, the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) includes an Art × Climate gallery. This work by Amuri Morris focuses on Shelton Johnson's life mission to encourage Black people to reconnect with the natural world.
Climate Change & Global Warming
Released in 2023, the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) includes an Art × Climate gallery. This work by Tami Phelps focuses on the changing ecosystem in Alaska.
The past decade has been the region’s warmest since at least 1900.
Large parts of the North American Arctic had their shortest snow-covered season on record, while parts of Eurasia had a longer-than-average snow-covered season.
Summer sea ice has been stable near these much smaller extents since around 2007.
The yearly precipitation across the Arctic has increased more than 10 percent since 1951, with winter experiencing the largest seasonal increase.
The Arctic tundra, which has been a carbon sink for millennia, has shifted to become a carbon source.
Heat-driven drying is playing a larger role than low precipitation in 21st-century Western droughts.