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Feature Article

• International Assessment Enumerates Climate Change Impacts Across the Arctic

Arctic Research Support and Logistics

• PRB Study Guides Design of Arctic Observing Network
• Arctic Observing Network Committee Members
• EarthSLOT Supplies Interactive Views of Terrain, Data
• GEOSummit’s Year-Round Observation Program Expands
• Toolik Aims for Minimal Disturbance on Research Lands
• Healy to Join Oden for Beringia Expedition

ARCSS Program

• Group Details Fluxes Through Canadian Archipelago
• ARCSS Committee Advances Community Synthesis Efforts
• New ARCSS Projects Focus on Northern Alaska Coast
• SNACS Projects Funded in 2004
• HARC Office Broadens Participation

Arctic Social Sciences Program

• Project Compares Quality of Benthic Food Sources
• Cultural Differences Shape Land Claim Negotiations
• Mask Making Reflects History of Anaktuvuk Pass

Science News

• Record Wildfires Scorch Boreal Forests in 2004
• SEARCH Leadership Reviews Progress, Outlines Plans
• Bering Sea Planning Efforts Advance

NSF News

• Arden Bement Becomes Twelfth NSF Director
• Bement on the International Polar Year (IPY)
• NSF Stresses Environmental Education, Cyberinfrastructure
• OPP Updates: New Arctic Solicitation, Post-docs, Guidelines

Capitol Updates

• NSF Budget Down 1.9%, First Cut Since 1996

U.S. Arctic Research Commission

• Two New Reports from U.S. Arctic Research Commission

Polar Research Board

• Polar Research Board Advises Evolving Science Programs
• PRB Members

International News

• Arctic Council Ministers Discuss Policy, Future Projects
• Canadian Commission Promotes Polar Studies
• Canadian IPY Steering Committee
• Thirteen Draft Science Plans to be Reviewed at ICARP II
• Program Supplies Wide Array of Long-term Buoy Data
• International Arctic Buoy Programme Participants
• Cooperating Nations Foster Ocean Drilling Programs
• International Team Cores Lomonosov Ridge Sediments
• Impetus Builds for International Polar 2007–2008
• International Effort Launches Artic Biodiversity Initiative
• Arctic Science Summit Week 2005 in China

Education News

• CIRES Infrastructure Facilitates Science Education
• From Toolik to Svalbard, Teachers Experience Field Research
• Students Fill Gaps in Lake Ice Observations
• Arctic Research Thrives in ARMADA Classrooms
• New Web Site Highlights Alaska Science

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