HARC's Second Online Workshop: Treeline
"Where will the circumarctic treeline be in the year 2100 and why?"
Join us for the second online workshop examining human dimensions of
the arctic system, to be held 26-30 November 2001. This workshop is
moderated by Sakari Kankaanpaa and Frans Wielgolaski, and will look at
the ways treeline affects and is affected by climate and humans.
Register for the workshop at the HARC web site:
http://www.arcus.org/harc, and sign up for your password at the online
discussion site: http://arcus.zeroforum.com
Visit the HARC web site or contact Henry Huntington at hph [at] alaska.net
or phone: 907/696-3564 for more information.
The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) is hosting a
Science Management Office (SMO), directed by Henry Huntington, to
support development of the Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC)
initiative. The SMO coordinates research planning and distributes
information about the HARC initiative to the arctic research community
to help stimulate the development of HARC proposals. HARC is part of
the Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program and supports research that
examines the ways in which humans affect and are affected by the arctic
system.
The HARC SMO web site is at: http://www.arcus.org/harc/index.html
Through this web site and a series of online workshops, the SMO hopes
to familiarize the broad community of arctic researchers with the
objectives of HARC and to facilitate professional collaborations that
will lead to proposals to the HARC initiative.
The HARC web site contains information about the HARC initiative,
currently funded projects, relevant web links, and three online
workshops planned for Fall 2001 to discuss current research and social
implications of changes in arctic weather, northern treeline, and sea
ice. These workshops will be open to anyone who wishes to take part.
Workshop announcements and information will be disseminated through the
HARC web site, Arctic Info, and other email distribution lists. We
expect that the web workshops will foster creative discussions across
national, cultural, and disciplinary boundaries, bringing expertise
from many perspectives to bear on the critical research questions HARC
was developed to address.
Please visit the HARC web site at: http://www.arcus.org/harc/index.html
for more information about HARC and the online workshops or contact
Henry P. Huntington in Eagle River, Alaska (phone: 907/696-3564; fax:
907/696-3565; email: hph [at] alaska.net).