About the Center The International Arctic Research Center (IARC) was founded in 1999 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks through an agreement between Japan and the United States with a focus on collaborative research. Now, IARC consists of over 100 scientists, analysts, students, and professional staff who focus on Arctic system science, climate change, and… Read more »
About the Project The Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) is funded by the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs Award #2135176 and has served as a community building and support organization for polar early-career scientists since 2022. PSECCO supports and uplifts early-career scientists by fostering a vibrant community across disciplines, providing resources… Read more »
Background and Research Expertise Dr. Jen Schmidt grew up in the Lower 48, but from an early age, watching the morning news and national weather reports sparked a fascination with Alaska and a long-held desire to travel there. After double majoring in ecology, evolution, and behavior and genetics and cellular biology at the University of… Read more »
Strengthening Arctic Research Through Open Data and Collaboration Toolik Field Station has long been a hub for Arctic research. Located in Alaska’s Brooks Range and operated by the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks with support from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Toolik hosts hundreds of scientists each year who come… Read more »
Background and Research Expertise Dr. Lilly Parker is a research scientist at the Laboratories of Molecular Anthropology and Microbiome Research (LMAMR) at the University of Oklahoma where she focuses on ancient DNA, mammalian diversity, conservation genomics, and human-mammal relationships. Her work in the Arctic began during her NSF Office of Polar Programs postdoctoral fellowship at… Read more »
About the Project The National Science Foundation announced the 10 Big Ideas for Future NSF Investments in 2016, a strategic set of long-term research priorities aimed at catalyzing bold advances in science and engineering. Among them was the Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program, an initiative designed to tackle one of the most urgent and… Read more »
Highlight: “Farming in Alaska is like farming on another planet” – Local Farmer working with the Permafrost Grown project. The Unseen Challenge Beneath Alaska’s Farms Rising temperatures, extended warm seasons, and a growing number of frost-free days are shifting the geographic range of crop cultivation, contributing to expanded agricultural activity across Alaska. Farming in remote… Read more »
About the Project The QGreenland project, funded by the National Science Foundation, is a mapping tool hosted by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). The free tool supports interdisciplinary Greenland-focused research, teaching, collaboration, and decision making by combining key… Read more »
“…when ice is present underground, it occupies space. The melting of this ice leads to ground subsidence, which creates issues such as coastal erosion, infrastructure instability, agricultural changes, landslides, and more.” Background and Research Expertise Like many researchers, Dr. Melissa Ward Jones found Arctic science by accident. As a first-generation college student and the… Read more »
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) play an increasingly crucial role in Earth science teaching and research by accelerating large data analyses, data interpretation, enhancing predictive models, and making complex environmental processes more accessible to students and researchers alike. The NSF-funded Cyber2A project is a collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU), Woodwell Climate… Read more »
