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  • Newsletter highlights community-based observations in the Arctic

    January 8, 2021

    IARC’s Alaska Arctic Observatory & Knowledge Hub is excited to share their winter 2020 newsletter. AAOKH helps northern Alaska coastal communities share their expertise and observations of changing sea ice, wildlife and…

  • Applications open for tuition-free girls’ wilderness expeditions

    December 11, 2020

    Inspiring Girls Expeditions invites applications for its summer 2021, tuition-free, wilderness science education programs. The expeditions are open to 16- and 17-year-old girls. Alaskans are encouraged to apply, and expeditions…

  • IARC at AGU

    December 9, 2020

    IARC researchers and students are excited to participate in the 2020 American Geophysical Union fall meeting. We hope to connect virtually with our colleagues and friends. Join us for the…

  • Alaskan leads Arctic Report Card warning Arctic warming continues

    December 8, 2020

    “Warmer, less frozen and biologically changed.” This is the new tagline used to describe the Arctic in the 2020 Arctic Report Card released this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.…

  • Latest Ikaaġvik Sikukun newsletter

    November 22, 2020

    Learn about the latest community-driven research in Kotzebue, Alaska by reading the Ikaaġvik Sikukun fall 2020 newsletter. Ikaaġvik Sikukun—Iñupiaq for ice bridges—is a research project that connects the Kotzebue community…

  • Rivers melt Arctic ice, warming air and ocean

    November 6, 2020

    A new study shows that increased heat from Arctic rivers is melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and warming the atmosphere. The study published this week in Science Advances was led…

  • Fire-hazard trees could heat greenhouses to feed rural Alaska

    November 4, 2020

    Eva Dawn Burk is passionate about eating locally harvested foods, and she wants to use them to promote healing throughout her community. It started with building fish wheels in Nenana…

  • Bering Science report released

    October 9, 2020

    The International Arctic Research Center is pleased to share the fall 2020 Bering Science report. The report was facilitated by IARC and the Alaska Ocean Observing System. The team worked with…

  • ‘After the Ice’ shares voices from the changing Bering Sea

    September 28, 2020

    A new film series captures the stories of Indigenous communities immensely challenged by sea ice loss in Alaska’s Bering Sea. The films will be released just weeks after the Arctic…

  • New call for proposals from the Alaska CASC

    September 21, 2020

    The Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center at IARC invites proposals for projects that support “actionable science” or knowledge that can inform or be applied to specific management challenges, either locally or broadly across Alaska.