The following article appeared in the IARC 2025 Annual Report (Year in Review) publication. This research also contributed to a recent (in press) article in the journal Communications Earth &…
An art and science exhibit this spring at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center in Fairbanks explores the beauty, complexity and changing nature of Alaska’s winter.
Hajo Eicken, director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center, has been selected as scientific director at Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.
The 20th edition of the Arctic Report Card, published this week, continues to serve as a record of persistent and extraordinary warming in the North. As has been the case…
Dozens of IARC researchers and students are participating in the 2025 American Geophysical Union fall meeting held both virtually and in New Orleans this December. We hope to connect with our…
This story originally appeared in The Conversation. Remnants of a powerful typhoon swept into Western Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Oct. 12, 2025, producing a storm surge that flooded villages as far…
An opinion article by Heather McFarland, Tori Brannan, Katie Spellman and Hilary Shook The start of school is the perfect time to get students outside learning about the role wildfire…
The American Meteorological Society released its annual State of the Climate report this week, providing a comprehensive overview of global conditions in 2024. International Arctic Research Center scientists contributed data and analysis…
Analysis of bowhead whale poop shows that more toxins from typically warm-water toxic algae species are entering Arctic food webs as northern oceans warm and lose sea ice. The findings…
Over two dozen educators and community members from across Alaska delved into wildfire last month during the five-day Wildfire and My Community workshop. The event connected Elders, educators, scientists, and…
