White House: No nation an island on Arctic science

Cabinet members and high-ranking science advisors from 25 governments will convene on the White House today to discuss the Arctic. It’s billed as the first-ever White House Arctic Science Ministerial.
The aim is to pool science resources from around the globe to better understand the rapid changes in the Arctic and also what those changes mean for other regions.
“The Arctic is a foreshadow. It’s an augury. It’s a preview of what is coming our way in the rest of the world,