Released in 2023, the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) includes an Art × Climate gallery. This work by Linda Gass highlights the historical shoreline of San Francisco Bay.
Earth had its warmest year on record, while upper-ocean heat content also experienced a record high.
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.
Released in 2023, the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) includes an Art × Climate gallery. This work by Jenny Helbraun Abramson focuses on the devastation following the Tubbs Fire.
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.
Scientists report that ice seals have recovered from mass mortality events in the 2010s. Body condition, pregnancy rates, and pup survival all indicate populations are doing well.
Further warming will pose increasing challenges for caribou and the people who depend on them.
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.