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New Dataset and Paper Exploring the Influence of Goose Herbivory on Litter Decomposition in the Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta, Alaska

Highlight: “Saunders emphasized the importance of having the work from her project funded and supported by the National Science Foundation and state agencies, highlighting the great value of investing in research like hers and resources like the ADC” Background and Research Expertise Prior to the Arctic, Taylor Saunders spent a few years immersed in the… Read more »

Teaching Data Science with Real Applications: Recapping the Arctic Data Center’s 2025 Scalable Computing in Python Training

Highlight: “This course was an incredible opportunity to learn directly from the experts about best practices in scientific computing. It provided comprehensive training on data handling and computing – both training participants in fundamental coding skills and offering a broad survey of emerging trends in scalable computing. I now feel equipped to tackle bigger and… Read more »

Sharing Knowledge and Shaping the Future of Research at Arctic Science Summit Week: An Arctic Data Center Perspective

The Arctic Data Center (ADC) Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinators, Angie Garcia & Nicole Greco, joined 1200 international scientists, researchers, Indigenous knowledge holders, and community members in attending the International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP) IV and Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) in Boulder, Colorado this past March. While the ICARP IV Summit occurs… Read more »

Empowering Arctic Researchers with Reproducible Data Science Skills: Key Takeaways from the Arctic Data Center’s February 2025 Virtual Training

Training Overview The Arctic Data Center (ADC) held the annual virtual Reproducible Approaches to Arctic Research Using R training from February 24-28th, 2025 for 14 Arctic researchers from across the globe. Participants ranged from undergraduate students to senior-level scientists with a diverse range of research disciplines. This 4.5-day long course gave participants an overview of… Read more »

 Connect with the Arctic Data Center team at Arctic Science Summit Week 2025

The Arctic Data Center (ADC) outreach team will be attending the ICARP IV Summit, Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW), the Polar Early Career World Summit, and the Navigating the New Arctic meeting in Boulder, CO from March 20-28th, 2025. The ADC is co-convening session #8.2 on March 27th from 16:00-18:00 MDT titled “Data-Driven Research: Streamlining Collaboration Between… Read more »

New Datasets Exploring Small Mammal Impact on Arctic Vegetation with Dr. Laura Gough

Background and Research Expertise  Trained as a plant ecologist, Laura Gough has worked in a variety of ecosystems throughout her career. When completing her PhD at Louisiana State University, she studied coastal marshes and was interested in answering questions pertaining to climate change like sea level rise. New to the tundra, Gough embraced the opportunity… Read more »

Highlights from Our January Data Science Training

This January, we kicked off our 2025 data science training with the Fundamentals in Data Management for Qualitative and Quantitative Arctic Research course in Santa Barbara, CA with seventeen visiting Arctic researchers. All participants work in different disciplines with different focuses and research, but all joined us with one common goal: Enhance their data science… Read more »

2024: A Year in Review

Reflecting back on 2024, the Arctic Data Center (ADC) has experienced a lot of growth that is fostered by the research community. Much of our work has come with navigating large numbers of data uploaded to the repository, growing training and educational needs from the researcher community, and the cultivation of collaboration within our team… Read more »

Tracking Arctic Tides: A New Database of Tide Elevation Constituents from 1800 through the Present

Highlight: “What I do is always new and changing… challenging and engaging” – Susan Howard Background Susan’s passion for polar research began during her undergraduate education at Rutgers University where she studied physics and mathematics. During her time at Rutgers, she realized her desire to apply these skills to something more tangible that could make… Read more »

Reflections from Our 2024 Arctic Research Community Survey 

The Arctic Data Center (ADC) strongly values feedback from our researchers, and is committed to adapting to the evolving needs of the Arctic research community . Our support has enabled the archiving of 7,404 datasets, totaling 58 TiB of data, within the repository. In the last two years, the center has exponentially increased the amount… Read more »