Arctic Report Card Will Move Ahead Without NOAA
The Arctic Report Card, an annual, peer-reviewed evaluation of the state of our warming Arctic, will still be published this year despite a lack of financial or logistical support from NOAA. On 10 August, editors of the Arctic Report Card were informed that NOAA will no longer support its publication, meaning the agency will not provide the report with coordinating editors, coordinate its…
The Arctic Report Card, an annual peer-reviewed evaluation of the Arctic's warming state, will continue to be published in 2026 despite NOAA no longer supporting the project. On August 10, editors were notified that NOAA would no longer provide coordinating editors, external peer review, web presence, publicity, graphics, or a summary video. However, the report's editors and authors have decided to proceed with publishing the 2026 edition.
Rick Thoman, an Arctic scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and an editor, stated that while many details are yet to be finalized, the team will still produce an Arctic Report Card without NOAA's support. They are still determining which organization will host the report and have received a "tremendous outpouring of support" for the initiative. The report is expected to be presented at the 2026 AGU Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Thoman noted that the team is exploring multiple avenues to produce the report's graphics and summary video and plans to establish a non-NOAA website as a long-term home for the Arctic Report Card. The support from NOAA previously gave the report a high level of credibility, and Thoman expressed confidence that the scientific content will remain of the same high quality.
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