02 Oct 2022 | China

Persistent drought, heat wave continue to smother South China in October; scope of affected area rare case on record

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31 Mar 2023 | Arctic

Arctic Temperature Alarm

Air temperature in the Arctic was -19.13°C on 2023-03-25. This is 0.32°C higher than 90th percentile of climatology period 1981-2010.… READ MORE

Air temperature in the Arctic was -19.13°C on 2023-03-25. This is 0.32°C higher than 90th percentile of climatology period 1981-2010.

30 Mar 2023 | Arctic

Arctic Temperature Alarm

Air temperature in the Arctic was -19.12°C on 2023-03-24. This is 0.09°C higher than 90th percentile of climatology period 1981-2010.… READ MORE

Air temperature in the Arctic was -19.12°C on 2023-03-24. This is 0.09°C higher than 90th percentile of climatology period 1981-2010.

29 Mar 2023 | Arctic

Arctic Temperature Alarm

Air temperature in the Arctic was -19.25°C on 2023-03-23. This is 0.15°C higher than 90th percentile of climatology period 1981-2010.… READ MORE

Air temperature in the Arctic was -19.25°C on 2023-03-23. This is 0.15°C higher than 90th percentile of climatology period 1981-2010.

28 Mar 2023 | Arctic

Arctic Temperature Alarm

Air temperature in the Arctic was -19.28°C on 2023-03-22. This is 0.27°C higher than 90th percentile of climatology period 1981-2010.… READ MORE

Air temperature in the Arctic was -19.28°C on 2023-03-22. This is 0.27°C higher than 90th percentile of climatology period 1981-2010.

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29 Mar 2023 | Laguna Niguel, California, United States

Letters to the Editor: The drought is over? Tell that to Californians whose wells are dry

To the editor: George Skelton's view that the drought in California is over is short-sighted. More than 80% of Californians rely on groundwater, which is still in a severe drought. Even with the rains weu2019ve had, already 121 new wells… READ MORE

29 Mar 2023 | Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Climate change: England not prepared for impact

England is not ready for the unavoidable impacts of global warming, the government's advisers on climate change say in a new report. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said the government hasn't achieved any of its targets and needed a… READ MORE

29 Mar 2023 | Canada

Ocean temperatures soared to new ‘pretty alarming’ highs off Nova Scotia in 2022

Ocean temperatures off Nova Scotia hit record highs last summer, eclipsing the record-breaking temperatures set in the Atlantic a decade earlier. "It's pretty alarming," said Fisheries and Oceans Canada research scientist Chantelle Layton. Layton is part of the DFO team… READ MORE

29 Mar 2023 | Greenland

Greenland ice sheet which could raise sea level by 7m ‘nears point of no return’

The Greenland Ice Sheet covers 660,200 square miles in the Arctic u2013 and if it melts completely, would raise global sea level by 6.9 metres (about 23 feet). Scientists are unsure how quickly it would melt, but say we are… READ MORE

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ARCTIC RISK INDICATORS

The following gauges show up-to-date data regarding key indicators in the Arctic. These indicators clearly point to the crisis at hand.

liters/sec tonnes/sec

Greenland rate of ice loss

4.5 hundred thousands l/s

on average in 1986-2015

4.5 tons per second

on average in 1986-2015

1970s 1980s 1990s

Worldwide number of disasters

265 disasters

more events in 2022 in comparison to 1970s

183 disasters

more events in 2022 in comparison to 1980s

100 disasters

more events in 2022 in comparison to 1990s

km² mi²

Arctic Sea Ice Extent

1,043,499 km²

below 1981-2010 average on 28-Mar-2023

402,895 mi²

below 1981-2010 average on 28-Mar-2023

30 years 50 years 70 years

Arctic Amplification

2.81 times

faster than global average in last 30 years

2.59 times

faster than global average in last 50 years

2.49 times

faster than global average in last 70 years

Arctic Wildfire emissions

0.19 megatonnes CO₂e

CO₂e emissions in 2023 so far

μg/m³

Arctic Air Quality (PM2.5)

2.72 microgram per cubic meter

on 21-Mar-2023