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  • Climate data now available on Amazon

    By IARC Communications | December 21, 2018 | Comments Off on Climate data now available on Amazon

    A new climate dataset representing historic and future conditions in Alaska, the Yukon and Northwest Territories is now available on Amazon’s Public Dataset Program. The data, placed on Amazon by…

  • Understanding Bering Sea changes requires new partnerships

    By Heather McFarland | December 18, 2018 | Comments Off on Understanding Bering Sea changes requires new partnerships

    University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists presented their work at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in Washington D.C. last week. Here are some research highlights from the world’s largest Earth…

  • Wind and wave modeling supports energy infrastructure in Alaska

    By Heather McFarland | December 17, 2018 | Comments Off on Wind and wave modeling supports energy infrastructure in Alaska

    University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists presented their work at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in Washington D.C. last week. Here are some research highlights from the world’s largest Earth…

  • Science and art illustrate changing marine Arctic ecosystem

    By Heather McFarland | December 4, 2018 | Comments Off on Science and art illustrate changing marine Arctic ecosystem

    A recent study led by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists Claudine Hauri and Seth Danielson is combining art and science to characterize the Chukchi Sea, a rapidly changing ecosystem off…

  • Researcher patents new method of tracking taxable infrastructure

    By Heather McFarland | November 19, 2018 | Comments Off on Researcher patents new method of tracking taxable infrastructure

    University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Keith Cunningham has created a tool that urban planners and tax assessors can use to detect infrastructure changes. Property taxes are assessed based in part…

  • New newsletter explores community-based observations of Arctic change

    By Heather McFarland | November 14, 2018 | Comments Off on New newsletter explores community-based observations of Arctic change

    IARC’s Alaska Arctic Observatory & Knowledge Hub is excited to share their winter 2018 newsletter. Read about AAOKH’s work supporting community-based observations of changes in the seasonal cycle in Alaska’s…

  • Living off the land: Environmental impacts to access in Interior Alaska

    By IARC Communications | October 31, 2018 | Comments Off on Living off the land: Environmental impacts to access in Interior Alaska

    IARC affiliated Community Partnerships for Self Reliance recently partnered with several groups including Scenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic Planning to develop this visualization of change across Interior Alaska. Between…

  • New 2018 IARC report released

    By Heather McFarland | October 25, 2018 | Comments Off on New 2018 IARC report released

    The IARC team is excited to share this selection of notable research activities, updates and achievements from 2017 to fall 2018. During this time, we furthered our mission to foster Arctic…

  • In Alaska, everyone’s grappling with climate change

    By IARC Communications | October 22, 2018 | Comments Off on In Alaska, everyone’s grappling with climate change

    This story was originally published in The Conversation. Author Nancy Fresco.  Coastal villages are washing into the Bering Sea, trees are sprouting in the tundra and shipping lanes are opening…

  • Youths experience hands-on science at Bering Sea Days

    By IARC Communications | October 12, 2018 | Comments Off on Youths experience hands-on science at Bering Sea Days

    “I’m a food chain,” yelled an enthusiastic 6-year-old. With her handmade red king crab crown, scallop finger puppet, phytoplankton sparkles and sun necklace, this young learner transformed into an ocean…