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 »
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 »
Highlight: “We within the field research community recognize that we need to make the data easily accessible for those who weren’t as involved in the data collection” – Dr. David Clemens-Sewall Background Like many Earth scientists, Dr. David Clemens-Sewall was largely unfamiliar with glaciology and cryospheric sciences throughout his early education and found an interest… Read more »
Highlight: “Satellites and drones are tools that can be used to answer so many questions without the need for significantly disturbing the landscape further.” – Allison Welch Background Allison’s passion for environmental science began at an early age, sparked by working with trail maintenance crews in high school. This led her to pursue a Bachelor’s… Read more »
International Ocean Discovery Program drill ship, the JOIDES Resolution, sitting off the coast of Svalbard during Expedition 403. PC: Chris Lyons, JRSO Outreach. Expedition 403 Floating off the west coast of Svalbard, a ship with 24 scientists from countries around the world waits to hear a familiar phrase ring over the intercom. “Core on deck!”… Read more »
Highlight: “It feels important to be doing research that is not only scientifically important but also societally important. With the mounting impacts of climate change, it becomes increasingly important to go past the science and come up with ways that communities can mitigate the impacts of climate change” – Dr. Logan Berner Born and… Read more »
Dear Arctic Research Community, The Arctic Data Center (ADC) is conducting a brief survey to gather valuable feedback from our research community. Whether you’ve previously submitted data to our repository, participated in our data science trainings, or utilized our tools and services for your personal research, we want to hear from you! Your input will… Read more »
Google.org has announced a $5 million grant and Fellowship to Woodwell Climate Research Center for the expansion of the Permafrost Discovery Gateway. This initiative will revolutionize the accessibility of valuable information on changing permafrost conditions across the Arctic, and enable real-time tracking of permafrost thawing by using satellite imagery and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The… Read more »
Three data management workshops for Arctic researchers have been scheduled for spring 2022. Each workshop is tailored for Arctic research, is free to attend, and will run for five days. The first workshop will be held virtually on February 14th – February 18th 2022 and is titled “Reproducible Practices for Arctic Research using R.” The… Read more »
An exciting new update to the Arctic Data Center has just been released – researchers can now create a portal allowing related data from across the Arctic Data Center to be viewable in the same place. The ability to group related datasets is helpful for researchers working across a particular taxon or region, so we… Read more »
