ARCUS | Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S.

New Website: Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative {more}

Education Join PolarTREC

Registration is open for the Spring 2012 Online Professional Development Course! The course will cover topics relating to terrestrial carbon and methane in the Arctic, featuring expert speakers in two live events. Learn more and register here.

Whale vertebrae on a beach in Barrow, Alaska. (TREC 2004)

Photo by: Misty Nikula

PublicationWitness the Arctic

NEW:The Winter 2012 issue of Witness the Arctic is now available. This issue includes timely information on a range of arctic science topics, including brief updates on the Study of Environmental Change (SEARCH), U.S. GEOTRACES, and national ocean policy; several updates and budget information from the NSF Office of Polar Programs; and news from USARC, IARPC, and the Pew Environment Group. {more}

Meeting Arctic Forum 2012

The Arctic Forum 2012 will be held Tuesday, May 1st in Washington D.C. in conjunction with the AGU Science Policy Conference at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Following the Forum, the 24th ARCUS Annual Meeting will be held Wednesday, May 2nd at the Pew Conference Center, also in Washington D.C.{more}

News2012 Sea Ice Outlook

The SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook organizers announce the launch of the 2012 Outlook. We are now soliciting pan-arctic and regional outlooks for the first report of the season, the June report (based on May data). The deadline for submissions to the first report is Monday, 4 June. {more}

Workshop U.S. Arctic Observing
Coordination Workshop

The Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) organized a workshop for 20-22 March 2012 in Anchorage, Alaska to coordinate U.S. activities to observe and monitor the Arctic. About 100 participants met to develop specific and concrete ways forward for an observing network that produces useful products and services. {more}

Projects CSAS Projects

The National Science Foundation's Arctic System Science Program (ARCSS) funded a set of interdisciplinary projects on "Changing Seasonality in the Arctic System" to explore shifts in the timing, length, and pattern of events that are occurring throughout the Arctic. This website has information about these research projects, including products, findings, photos, and more. {more}

Arctic Items for Sale:: The Earth is Faster Now: Indigenous Observations of Arctic Environmental Change, Watching Ice and Weather Our Way, and an umbrella printed with a chart of the Arctic Ocean. {more}

Internet Media Archive:: The Internet Media Archive is a collection of photos, graphics, videos, and presentations now available through an online archive. {more}

Directory of Arctic Researchers:: Access this directory of more than 4000 international arctic researchers. {more}

Witness the Arctic:: A newsletter providing information on arctic research efforts and initiatives, national policy, international activities, and more. {more}

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Arctic Research Consortium of the United States

ARCUS is a 501©(3) non-profit organization consisting of institutions organized and operated for educational, professional, or scientific purposes. To achieve its mission, ARCUS frequently provides support to workshops to facilitate discussion of important arctic research initiatives, produces workshop reports to publicize researcher recommendations for arctic science priorities, and assists the arctic research community with other publications and information distribution needs. More about ARCUS.