Overview

The Arctic Forum was held 13-14 May 2004. The co-chairs for the Forum were Dr. Wieslaw Maslowski of the Naval Postgraduate School and Dr. Mark Serreze of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder.

The theme for 2004's Arctic Forum was "Recent Decrease of the Arctic Sea Ice: Its Causes, Consequences, and Historical Perspective." The meeting included invited and contributed presentations by a diverse representation of arctic researchers.

The meeting served to gather member institution representatives, the Board of Directors, and the staff of ARCUS together with other members of the arctic research community, key agency personnel and policy makers to discuss this year's theme "Recent Decrease of the Arctic Sea Ice: Its Causes, Consequences, and Historical Perspective."

The presentations addressed:

  • Aspects of the Physical Environment
  • Marine Ecosystem Responses
  • Coastal Transformation
  • Impacts on Humans
  • Historical and Paleoclimate Perspectives on Arctic Warming

2004 Arctic Forum Volume

The volume of abstracts from the 2004 Arctic Forum are available below in PDF format.

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Arctic Forum Agenda (PDF - 45 KB) Council Forum Agenda (PDF - 117 KB)
Abstracts

List of Abstracts

The International Polar Year 2007-2008: Efforts of the US National Committee

Mary R. Albert1
1Chair, U.S. National Committee for the International Polar Y, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA, Phone 603-646-4422, Fax 603-646-4278, mary.r.albert [at] erdc.usace.army.mil



Change is ubiquitous in Earth's history, and evidence is clear that the Earth is changing rapidly now. The harbingers of change can be seen vividly in the polar regions. The Arctic ice cover