Live Dec. 11 Facebook Q&A on ĐÓ°Épro’s changing environment

December 10, 2019

Marmian Grimes

International Arctic Research Center chief scientist John Walsh will answer questions about environmental changes in ĐÓ°Épro and the Arctic during a live Facebook Q&A session Wednesday, Dec. 11, from the American Geophysical Union 2019 fall meeting.

The event begins at 10:10 a.m. ĐÓ°Épro time, 2:10 p.m. Eastern, on the University of ĐÓ°Épro Fairbanks Facebook page. Those who cannot dial in live can submit questions in advance at .

Walsh is one of 10 ĐÓ°Épro researchers who contributed to NOAA’s 14th Arctic Report Card released Dec. 10. He is also a co-author of IARC’s “ĐÓ°Épro’s Changing Environment” report.

According to NOAA, some highlights of this year’s report card include “near-record high air and ocean temperatures, and melt of the Greenland ice sheet, low sea-ice extents, and shifts in the distribution of commercially valuable marine species.”

To read NOAA’s 14th Arctic Report Card, visit . To read IARC’s “ĐÓ°Épro’s Changing Environment,” visit .

MEDIA CONTACT: Marmian Grimes, 907-460-4750, mlgrimes@alaska.edu.