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The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) is one of six Working Groups of the Arctic Council @ArcticCouncil.
Joined May 2013
🎙️Today we officially launch our first-ever #podcast, This Way Up! A series that brings you into the #Arctic & introduces them to the stories & people shaping the changing region. Two brand new episodes are live! Listen wherever you get your podcasts: https://t.co/MiobKTDrSU
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Climbing🤝science @HeidiSevestre of @AMAP_Arctic embarked on an adventure out of the ordinary when she teamed up with world famous climbers on an expedition to one of 🇬🇱's most remote corners. Read her 1st-hand account filming for @NatGeo Arctic Ascent: https://t.co/S3tzKgNE4Z
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Today, at the Warsaw Format Meeting, Gosia Smieszek-Rice from @AMAP_Arctic will share an urgent message to the Arctic Council Observers. Observers bring unique expertise to the work of the Council & their contributions at the Working Group level are discussed at the meeting.
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... and collaborative spirit that strongly supports the mission of the AMAP Secretariat. We are excited for the journey ahead with Gosia on board and look forward to her contributions to AMAP's work and community!
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With over 15y of experience working on Arctic issues alongside a range of international partners and institutions, including the Arctic Council, its Chairships, Working Groups, and Observers, her profile reflects the kind of insight, dedication, ...
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Gosia brings an exceptional combination of Arctic and environmental governance scholarship, science-policy and science diplomacy expertise, and deep engagement in Arctic policy and international relations.
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We are thrilled to welcome Malgorzata (Gosia) Smieszek-Rice to the AMAP Secretariat as Deputy Secretary!
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📘 Read the full report: https://t.co/yUwvzgjK1U Have more questions about this new Arctic Climate Change Update? Ask us in the comments.
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🕒 “The observed decline in river ice is likely to continue in the future due to the projected increase in air temperature.”
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🕒 “Ice-cover duration on rivers has declined significantly in cold regions over the past several decades due to later freeze-up and earlier breakup."
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📈 “The magnitude of maximum river discharge has not changed significantly; however, the timing of snowmelt freshet has become earlier almost everywhere across the pan-Arctic.”
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📈 “A significant increase in base streamflow during the cold season is observed across most regions of the pan-Arctic drainage basin.”
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📈 “Increasing trends in annual river discharge to the Arctic Ocean from both continents have continued, providing compelling evidence of intensification of the Arctic water cycle.”
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🧊 "...by creating deeper and longer waterflow pathways through catchments across the Arctic.”
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🧊 “However, observed changes in streamflow dynamics and water chemistry indicate that permafrost thaw is influencing hydrological connectivity..."
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🧊 “Permafrost thaw is likely to drive changes in the water balance in Arctic areas, but the relevant subsurface processes are difficult to observe directly at the catchment scale.”
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☔️ ...This century, precipitation events presently regarded as extremes are expected to become routine.”
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🌧️ “Precipitation has increased over recent decades, especially in cold seasons, and is associated with an increase in rainfall in all seasons and a decrease in snowfall in summer, with spatially varying trends in winter...
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Calling all Early Career Scientists! We are offering an opportunity to bring your science to policymakers @COP30 by volunteering at the 2025 Cryosphere Pavilion! Applications close Monday, September 1: https://t.co/A1BxKlu9dn Please share widely!
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