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  • Ice Navigation Challenges and Information Requirements in the New Maritime Arctic

    By IARC Communications | March 1, 2017 | Comments Off on Ice Navigation Challenges and Information Requirements in the New Maritime Arctic

    Thursday, March 2, 2017| 3:30-4:30 pm, 401 Akasofu- Arctic shipping and security expert Lawson Brigham will discuss recent changes in Arctic sea ice, greater marine access, and potentially longer seasons of navigation.

  • Permafrost thaw and methane release from Arctic lakes

    By IARC Communications | February 21, 2017 | Comments Off on Permafrost thaw and methane release from Arctic lakes

    Friday, February 24, 2017| 9:30-10:30 am, 401 Akasofu- Katey Walter Anthony will present a relatively new discovery that permafrost thaw lakes have a natural process that mitigates greenhouse gas losses, and over the long term can lead to net climate cooling.

  • The Scientific Frontier: What UAF Scientists learned about Alaska in 2016

    By IARC Communications | January 31, 2017 | Comments Off on The Scientific Frontier: What UAF Scientists learned about Alaska in 2016

    Thursday, February 2, 2017| noon-1:15 pm, 501 Akasofu-Join the UAF research community for a discussion about recent findings regarding Arctic and Alaska science.

  • IARC 2016 Annual Report published

    By IARC Communications | January 30, 2017 | Comments Off on IARC 2016 Annual Report published

    The team of IARC researchers, staff, and students is excited to share this selection of notable activities and achievements with you. Message from IARC Director Hajo Eicken Personally, I am…

  • IARC’s Lawson Brigham pushes Arctic shipping safety forward

    By IARC Communications | January 9, 2017 | Comments Off on IARC’s Lawson Brigham pushes Arctic shipping safety forward

    Lawson Brigham is a distinguished professor of geography and Arctic Policy at IARC. He’s also a former Coast Guard icebreaker captain and maritime-law expert who has spent the last 25 years helping work toward the recent adoption of the Polar Code by the International Maritime Organization and international shippers from many nations.

  • Free glaciology and marine programs for girls seek applications

    By IARC Communications | December 21, 2016 | Comments Off on Free glaciology and marine programs for girls seek applications

    Inspiring Girls Expeditions is accepting applications through January 31, 2017 for free summer science and wilderness expeditions in Alaska and Washington for girls ages 16 to 17.

    Three teams of up to nine teenage girls and three instructors will spend 12 days exploring and learning about mountain glaciers or fjords with tidewater glaciers. They’ll conduct scientific field studies with professional glaciologists, oceanographers, artists and mountaineers.

    The three Inspiring Girls trips of 2017 will include Girls on Ice Alaska, Girls On Ice Cascades and Girls in Icy Fjords. They are operated through IARC and the UAF College of Natural Science & Mathematics.

  • To UAF oceanographer Hauri, communication matters

    By IARC Communications | December 13, 2016 | Comments Off on To UAF oceanographer Hauri, communication matters

    By Nate Bauer  |  IARC researcher Claudine Hauri recognizes the struggle to communicate about complex scientific concepts. Take, for example, “ocean acidification.” “That’s the simplest way we’ve found for talking…

  • Welcome to the new IARC website!

    By IARC Communications | December 12, 2016 | Comments Off on Welcome to the new IARC website!

    After months of development, the IARC web design & development team presents an updated website for IARC. This includes:

    Realignment — we’ve reorganized content to better communicate IARC activities and aid discovery

    Redesign — we’ve strengthened our branding and information architecture to provide a better user experience

  • Science industry meets University: Collaboration with Private Research

    By IARC Communications | October 28, 2016 | Comments Off on Science industry meets University: Collaboration with Private Research

    Thursday, November 10, 2016 | noon–1:15 pm, 501 Akasofu—Explore opportunities and challenges arising from collaboration between university and private research and to encourage broad engagement from the research community.

  • Climate Change and Health in Alaska

    By IARC Communications | October 11, 2016 | Comments Off on Climate Change and Health in Alaska

    October 6, 2016, noon–1:15 p.m., 401 Akasofu—A joint presentation by researchers John Walsh (IARC), Bert Boyer (IAB/Center for Alaska Native Health Research), and Michael Brubaker (Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium)