Directory of Science and Environment Resources

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This category includes web sites about the natural, scientific, and environmental aspects of the Arctic region. It includes information about the natural environment, environmental problems, and scientific activities specific to the Arctic region.

Subcategories

• Canada
• Greenland
• Iceland
• Svalbard

Resources in This Category

• Ages-Old Polar Icecap Is Melting, Scientists Find

  http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/081900sci-climate-pole.html
  NY Times article about the discovery of an ice-free patch of ocean near the North Pole.

• Alaska Wildlife Notebook Series

  http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/notehome.php
  Learn about wild animals inhabiting Alaska. Organized into categories.

• Arctic Circle

  http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/
  Information and research about the Arctic regions, including natural resources, history and culture, social equity and environmental justice. Virtual museum, virtual classroom, maps, and an Arctic forum.

• Arctic Climate Impact Assessment

  http://www.acia.uaf.edu/
  A project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), to evaluate and synthesize knowledge of the consequences of variability, change, and increased ultraviolet radiation. Includes links to detailed studies in PDF format, six by the Steering Committee and one from a modeling and scenarios workshop.

• Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

  http://www.amap.no/
  International organization to implement components of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy. Provides information on the Arctic environment, and remedial and preventive actions relating to contaminants.

• Arctic Research Consortium of the United States

  http://www.arcus.org/
  Information on the organization's mandate and activities, its projects, publications, directories of ARCUS member and researchers, and a searchable archive of current information funding opportunities, events, publications, positions, and news.

• Arctic Science Journeys Radio

  http://seagrant.uaf.edu/news/MoreASJ.html
  A free radio service offering stories about science, culture, and the environment of the Far North.

• Arctic Theme Page

  http://www.cln.org/themes/arctic.html
  Resources and lesson plans related to the study of the Arctic. Themes include the flora, fauna, biomes, peoples, history, and exploration of the region.

• Aurora Research Institute

  http://www.nwtresearch.com/
  Provides research licensing and logistics support to researchers working in Canada's Western Arctic.

• Bering Climate

  http://www.beringclimate.noaa.gov/
  An information resource for the scientific investigation of the biology, oceanography, meteorology and ecology of the area. It provides a forum for presenting and discussing new ideas, plans, research results, and links to other sites.

• Canada's Polar Life

  http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/
  Information about environments, geography, organisms, and research, along with photographs.

• Canadian Arctic Resources Committee

  http://www.carc.org/
  A citizens' group devoted to protecting northern Canada. Includes a searchable archive of CARC briefs, papers, and the Committee's online journal Northern Perspective.

• Canadian Ice Service

  http://www.ice-glaces.ec.gc.ca/
  An Environment Canada department that provides information about ice conditions in Canadian waters. Includes current ice charts, data on ice thickness, bulletins, and a glossary.

• Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Mapping Project

  http://www.geobotany.uaf.edu/cavm/
  Research project aiming to provide a variety of mapped vegetation information for the arctic tundra regions, based on the most recent scientific understanding of the areas.

• Climate and Cryosphere

  http://www.climate-cryosphere.org/
  The scientific goal of this study is to ascertain the role of the Arctic in global climate change. Summary of the objectives and a diagram of the organisations structure.

• Eyewitness: Tragedy of Soviet nuclear submarine K-27

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21148434
  The BBC speaks to Vyacheslav Mazurenko, who when 22 was serving as a chief warrant officer on a Soviet nuclear-powered submarine, the K-27. He and others were poisoned when a liquid metal-cooled reactor leaked. The submarins was later sunk into the Kara Sea.

• Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee

  http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/iarpc/start.jsp
  Lead United States government agency responsible for implementing arctic research policy and to help set priorities for future Arctic research.

• International Arctic Buoy Programme

  http://iabp.apl.washington.edu/
  Maintains a network of automatic buoys in the Arctic Basin which monitor pressure, temperature, and ice motion data to support real-time operations and meteorological and oceanographic research.

• International Arctic Research Center [IARC]

  http://iarc.uaf.edu/
  IARC is a focal point of integrating/synthesizing arctic research efforts in terms of climate change and communicates the results to the global climate research community.

• Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System

  http://nabos.iarc.uaf.edu/
  Provides information about this proposed monitoring system of the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean. Includes objectives, funding, partners, technology, and contact information.

• North Pole Environmental Observatory

  http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/
  Continuously monitors atmosphere, ocean, and sea ice conditions in the central Arctic Ocean. Describes the background and purpose of the observatory, and includes graphs and statistics.

• Polar Science Center

  http://psc.apl.washington.edu/
  A unit of the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington that studies of oceanography, meteorology, and ice conditions in the Arctic.

• Russia explores old nuclear waste dumps in Arctic

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21119774
  The BBC reports on Soviet nuclear mess, dumped into the Arctic.

• Smithsonian Institute - Arctic Wildlife

  http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/wildlife.html
  Arctic Studies Center's offers an introduction to the survival skills of birds and mammals of the north polar region. Page includes nature photos.

• Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean

  http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/projs?SHEBA
  Coordinated project to investigate the role of arctic climate in global change. List of journal articles, some of which are also provided to download as PDF files.

• The Arctic Science and Technology Information System

  http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/astis/
  Database maintained by the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary containing over 46, 000 records describing publications and research projects about northern Canada.

• WWF Arctic Programme

  http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/arctic/
  The Arctic programme of worldwide environmental NGO WWF, based in Oslo. Quarterly bulletin on current issues.

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