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  • Thawing permafrost and rusting rivers update

    By IARC Communications | April 16, 2026 | Comments Off on Thawing permafrost and rusting rivers update

    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 &…

  • Public exhibit blends art, science and community knowledge

    By Lia Ferguson | April 9, 2026 | Comments Off on Public exhibit blends art, science and community knowledge

    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.

  • IARC director tapped to lead Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute

    By IARC Communications | February 10, 2026 | Comments Off on IARC director tapped to lead Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute

    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.

  • Arctic Report Card celebrates 20 years

    By Heather McFarland | December 16, 2025 | Comments Off on Arctic Report Card celebrates 20 years

    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…

  • IARC Science at AGU 2025

    By Mike Delue | November 17, 2025 | Comments Off on IARC Science at AGU 2025

    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…

  • Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience

    By Rick Thoman | October 15, 2025 | Comments Off on Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience

    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…

  • The quietly essential salmon stream

    By Ned Rozell | September 25, 2025 | Comments Off on The quietly essential salmon stream

    On this rainy September afternoon, Erik Schoen vacuums water from a backwater slough. The liquid will tell him if there are predators in this body of water.

  • Get kids outside learning about wildfires

    By Heather McFarland | August 19, 2025 | Comments Off on Get kids outside learning about wildfires

    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…

  • State of the climate continues to track global change

    By Heather McFarland | August 14, 2025 | Comments Off on State of the climate continues to track global change

    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…

  • Whale poop links toxic algal blooms to ocean warming

    By Heather McFarland | July 9, 2025 | Comments Off on Whale poop links toxic algal blooms to ocean warming

    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…