http://www.fws.gov/home/arctic-ccp/
Complete updated comprehensive conservation plan including Executive Summary. Revises the 1988 plan to provide management direction for the next 15-20 years. From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/home/arctic-ccp/pdfs/Executive_Summary_Jan2015.pdf
Revises the 1988 Plan to provide management direction for the next 15-20 years for the ANWR region. From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Agency press release with summary of plans to protect some 12 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in northern Alaska from development. From the Interior Department
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1254/pdf/ofr2014-1254.pdf
Uses new models to forecast the future status of polar bears worldwide and new information on actual and predicted polar sea ice loss to evaluate the threats and plan management actions to mitigate the threats in four ecoregions. From the U.S. Geological Survey
www.arctic.noaa.gov/report14/ArcticReportCard_full_report.pdf
Warns that the Arctic region is warming at twice the rate of anywhere else on Earth. Covers the air temperature, snow cover, sea ice, Greenland Ice Sheet, the status of polar bears and more. See also links for previous Arctic report cards. From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Reports results of investigation sponsored jointly by NASA and the University of California-Irvine which determined that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will melt into the sea raising sea levels by four feet. From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/148/18136.pdf
Decision of the International Court of Justice that Japanese whaling activities in the Antarctic is a commercial whaling venture that is a violation of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. Japan claims it is a scientific research program. From the International Court of Justice
http://irmafiles.nps.gov/reference/holding/489332
Presents results from mapping of all glacier extents and from measurements of surface elevation change for Alaskan glaciers. Discovered that glaciers decreased 5% to 11% from 1950/51 to 2005/07. From the National Park Service