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NOAA Ends Federal Facilitation of Arctic Report Card

The agency says Arctic observations will continue while the move severs its role in producing the long‑running public synthesis and may shrink timely access to findings.

An iceberg with dirt embedded is seen on July 14, in the Kangerlussuup Sermia fjord near Uummannaq on the west coast of Greenland, on July
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Overview

  • NOAA informed lead authors on Monday that it will stop facilitating the Arctic Report Card and did not provide a public reason for the sudden change.
  • The agency said its Arctic observation programs and data products will continue to run, but it will no longer host or coordinate the annual report.
  • The 21st edition, already in progress, will not be issued as a NOAA technical report this year and authors must now arrange alternative publication and outreach plans.
  • Scientists warn losing NOAA’s editorial, hosting and press rollout support could make the report harder to find and weaken a resource used by educators, policymakers and security planners.
  • Observers place the move in a wider pattern of the Trump administration reducing federal climate reporting and restructuring climate programs, which has already affected other federal climate outputs.