NOAA Withdraws Support from Arctic Report Card

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has decided to stop supporting the Arctic climate and environment report, known as the Arctic Report Card, which it has long contributed to. Rick Thoman, the lead editor for the upcoming 2026 report, announced that contributors were informed on Monday about the end of NOAA’s assistance. “We were informed in a phone call with NOAA yesterday that effective immediately NOAA was ending all support for the Arctic Report Card,” Thoman stated to The Hill. He noted that no reason was provided for this decision.

The report, first released in 2006, analyzes current conditions in the Arctic. NOAA’s withdrawal creates uncertainty for this year’s report, initially reported by Politico. Thoman remarked, “We are frantically working to find a way” to complete this year’s report. He added, “Whether we can pull something together to have a December release, we’ll try to make it happen… being it’s already August, that’s going to be a tough lift but we’ll try.”

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