Conclusion by Annika Ord

By IARC Web | May 11, 2026

Knowing Our Changing Home Conclusion By Annika Ord In Alaska, weather isn’t just a topic for small talk and brief encounters, it dictates whether our freezers are full and our grocery stores stocked. It impacts…

Foreword by Kristin Timm

By IARC Web | May 11, 2026

Knowing Our Changing Home FOREWORD By Kristin Timm As a kid growing up in Wisconsin, I remember always sledding on Thanksgiving morning. Somewhere around the time I stopped sledding, sledding on Thanksgiving morning stopped too.…

Berry-stained Science in a Changing Climate

By IARC Web | May 11, 2026
A bright, red berry hangs among bright green leaves.

Up the Taku River, a washtub sank under the weight of red jewels, glittering in the sunlight. A family skiff held thousands of ripe nagoonberries and strawberries, evidence of a long day of harvest.

Caribou Herds in Arctic Alaska Tundra Areas are on Opposite Trends

By IARC Web | May 11, 2026
A bull caribou with large antlers is standing up in a green, grassy field.

The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, once the biggest in Alaska, is faltering, having fallen from a high of 490,000 animals in 2003 to only 152,000 as of 2023. But to the east, the Porcupine Caribou Herd appears to be thriving, with an all-time high of 218,00 animals recorded at the last census.

Warm winter culture

By IARC Web | May 11, 2026
Eight dogs run down a strip of snow on a road in Anchorage, pulling a sled and a person behind them.

Longstanding Alaskan traditions are being shaped by warming winters. 2025 was no exception.

Notice of Open Meeting

By IARC Web | April 23, 2024
A white rectangular table with eight empty black chairs on wheels around it.

The CASC:NWBP Climate Adaptation Catalyst hiring committee will be conducting Open Meeting interviews in compliance with the Open Meetings guidelines from April 23 to April 25 via Zoom per Alaska Statute 44.62.310 and UA Regulation R02.06.020.

Applications open for Inspiring Girls Expeditions

By IARC Web | December 15, 2020
Twelve women in water gear pose on a rocky shore in front of mountains and a glacier.

By Heather McFarland, International Arctic Research Center Inspiring Girls Expeditions invites applications for its summer 2021, tuition-free, wilderness science education programs. The expeditions are open to 16- and 17-year-old girls. Alaskans are encouraged to apply,…

Integrated Ecosystem Model

By IARC Web | April 12, 2018
Map of Alaska titled "Initial Land Cover Input Integrated Ecosystem Model," with colors to represent black spruce, white spruce, deciduous, shrub tundra, gramminoid tundra, wetland tundra, barren lichen-moss, temperate rainforest, and not modeled areas.

David McGuire, the Principal Investigator of the Integrated Ecosystem Model (IEM) project and Amy Breen, a project manager and research professor affiliated with the IEM project, discuss the IEM project, its goals, and significance for studying and managing climate change in Alaska and Northwest Canada.