Education and OutreachSEARCH Sea Ice OutlookThe SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook is an international effort to provide an integrated, community-wide summary of the state of arctic sea ice over the 2008 summer season. Sea Ice Outlook Summary ReportThe Summary Report provides an initial retrospective review of the 2008 Sea Ice Outlook. The report is based on statements from contributors to the 2008 Sea Ice Outlook, and discusses preliminary analyses of the causes of the 2008 minimum, the accuracy of the Outlook values, and implications for future Outlook efforts. 2008 Sea Ice Minimum AnnouncementArctic sea ice reached its 2008 minimum extent on September 12th, at 4.52 million square kilometers (1.74 million square miles), according to preliminary data reported by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). The 2008 minimum represents the second lowest extent recorded since satellite observations began in 1979, slightly greater than the record low minimum of 2007. SEARCH Brochure SEARCH:The Study of Environmental Arctic Change: Download the SEARCH Brochure. 424K SEARCH: The Study of Environmental Arctic Change, a brochure published by the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. for the SEARCH Interagency Working Group and the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, is now available. At the request of John Calder, head of the Arctic Research Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and through the Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research (CIFAR) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, ARCUS developed this short informational brochure to introduce the SEARCH program, a major new interagency arctic research effort, to a general audience. Nine federal agencies with research interests and responsibilities in the Arctic will cooperate to carry out the SEARCH program. The SEARCH brochure is designed for use by agency representatives to present their research activities and the collaborative activities supported by SEARCH and to inform the public of the impact of SEARCH activities in assessing and understanding the scope of global climate change. The brochure consists of four pages, featuring each agency's SEARCH activities and an overall description of the purpose, activities and plans for SEARCH. The brochure is available as a downloadable PDF from the ARCUS web site. |