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Focus Areas

Focus Area 1

Promoting National Security, Prosperity, & Welfare

Our data supports a range of scientific and policy-relevant activities:

  • Informs science-based Arctic decisions
  • Enables national security and resilience
  • Supports infrastructure and resource planning
  • Relates to hazards and disasters
Focus Area 2

Driving Technological Innovation

Our data drives technological innovation by:

  • Supporting AI-driven research
  • Enabling long-term reuse and discovery
  • Including high-quality metadata and machine-readable formats
  • Empowering advanced modeling and data visualization
Focus Area 3

Expanding Opportunities & Workforce Development

We work to expand opportunities by:

  • Ensuring our platform is openly accessible, no login required
  • Supporting education, data science training, and workforce development
  • Empowering researchers and non-researchers through interactive data portals
  • Encouraging collaboration across sectors

Recent Datasets

  • Physical Geography & Hydrology

    Physical Geography & Hydrology

    Webb, Cooley, & Levenson, 2025. Lake area data for ~6 million lakes globally from Landsat imagery, with extended coverage in permafrost regions.

  • Ecology

    Ecology & Archaeology

    Frazier & Szabo, 2025. This dataset uses archaeological and genetic tools to study marine mammal use in premodern Iceland, Orkney, and the Faroes.

  • Glaciology & Physical Geography

    Glaciology & Physical Geography

    Joughin & Amundsen, 2025. Drone, satellite, and modeling data used to investigate Taku Glacier’s recent shift from advance to retreat due to climate warming.

Features and Opportunities

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Dataset and Collaborator Highlights

Dr. Lilly Parker discusses her work on ancient DNA and human–mammal relationships, focusing on ancient polar and brown bear remains found in Unalaska, Alaska. Her collaborative research project sheds light on past climate conditions and explores the complex relationships between humans, animals, and the environment.

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Data Portals

Data portals are a collection of Arctic Data Center data packages on a unique webpage that preserve information regarding the projects’ objectives, scope, and organization coupled with the data files so it’s clear how to use and interpret the data for years to come. This month’s feature: The Permafrost Discovery Gateway!

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Data Science Training Opportunity – Apply by Oct. 31st!

Applications are now OPEN for our Spring 2026 course Reproducible Approaches to Arctic Research Using R. This training is held on Zoom March 2–6, 2026 and will be our only training of 2026, so don’t miss the chance to apply! Applications close October 31st, 2025.

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