Witness the Arctic - Autumn 1997, Volume 5 Number 2

1 con inued on nex page ARCTIC Published by he A c ic Resea ch Conso ium o he Uni ed S a es • 600 Uni e si y A enue • Sui e 1 • Fai banks, AK 99709 Ch onicles o he A c ic Sys em Science Resea ch P og am Au umn 1997, Volume 5 Numbe 2 Resea che s and Residen s Celeb a e Long Collabo a ion by Glenn Sheehan The men o he i s scien i ic expedi- ion o Poin Ba ow spen wo yea s ying o dig a hole o he bo om o he pe ma os in 1881-1883. Se gean Mu doch, who was asked a ha ime wi h lea ning abou Eskimo ma e ial cul u e, began by buying e e y hing he U qiag ikmiu b ough o him. He obse ed, howe e , ha people we e sell- ing him ash, beach deb is, and an as ic conglome a ions o bi s and pieces sewn oge he . The ea e , awa e ha he did no ye ha e he expe ise o ell when people we e misunde s anding o ying o ool him, Mu doch bough only one o any gi en ype o a i ac . Since hen, No h Slope Na i es and scien is s ha e lea ned a g ea deal mo e abou he pe ma os —and abou coope - a ing. Much o his has come abou hanks o he p esence o he Na al A c ic Resea ch Labo a o y (NARL). Founded by he Na y in 1947, NARL has been o mally owned and ope a ed since 1989 by he Ba ow illage co po a ion, Ukpeag ik Iñupia Co po a ion (UIC). In Augus 1997, he 50 h Anni e sa y Celeb a ion o NARL b ough oge he old NARL hands om a ound he Uni ed S a es and he No h Slope o scien i ic pape s, eunions, and documen a ion o accomplishmen s. The celeb a ion was sponso ed by he Ba ow A c ic Science Conso ium (BASC), a local no - o -p o i o ganiza ion ounded in 1996 o b ing scien is s and he communi y oge he (see box page 2). The celeb a ion’s heme, “Science in he Communi y,” highligh ed he ac ha much o he esea ch s aged ou o NARL has been success ul speci ically because o collabo a ion be ween Na i e esiden s and scien is s. Fo me NARL Science Di ec o Max B ewe old o a esupply plane ha an o he unway on an ice island esea ch s a ion suppo ed ou o NARL. Ba ow Elde and o me NARL Ou side and Equipmen Fo eman Kenne h Too ak had li le ime o ge he plane back on he unway, and help was no a ailable. He commen ed ha he had ne e done any- hing like his be o e. “T ea he plane as i i we e a whale,” he was old. Wi h ha in mind, he hi ched up he plane and go i back on he unway and eady o go. Too ak, hono a y co-chai o he NARL celeb a ion, a i med ha mu ual espec and bene i s ha e been p esen h oughou he yea s. Ba ow esiden s looked o NARL o cash incomes; hey go scien i ic and echnical educa ions a he same ime, along wi h iendships ha con inue oday. Scien is s we e looking o help and ound ha hey, oo, gained iends, colleagues, and educa ions. Some- imes hei li es we e sa ed, hanks o he adi ional skills and knowledge o hei Na i e coho s. John Kelley once ied o con ince Too ak o ake a boa om NARL o he ip o Poin Ba ow. Al hough he wea he seemed a o able, Too ak old Kelley o NSF Di ec o Neal Lane (le ) speaks wi h o me NARL Science Di ec o Max B ewe (cen e ) and Ba ow esiden and o me ice s a ion mechanic F ankie Akpik ( igh ) du ing he NARL 50 h Anni e sa y celeb a ion. B ewe was hono a y co-chai o he celeb a ion (pho o by Duncan Adams @ The A c ic Sounde 1997). 2 Ba ow’s Iñupia Eskimos a e he only Na i es ha ha e e e dedica ed land speci ically o scien i ic esea ch. In 1992, he Ba ow illage co po a ion, Ukpeag ik Iñupia Co po a ion (UIC), es ablished he 7,466-ac e Ba ow En i onmen al Obse a o y (BEO). UIC has asked he Ba ow A c ic Science Conso ium (BASC) o manage he si e. The BEO has been a ac i e o esea che s in pa because he immedia e egion has been he subjec o esea ch o 50 yea s. Fo ins ance, pe ma os s udies based ou o NARL (see ea u e) in he 1970s ga e he i s inkling ha global wa ming migh be aking place. A hu Lachenb uch and associa es lowe ed he mis o s down abandoned es bo e holes in he Na al Pe oleum Rese e—Alaska (NPR-A); he esul ing da a s imula ed much o he cu en clima e esea ch h oughou he wo ld. Cu en p ojec s on o adjacen o he BEO include: • he Clima e Moni o ing and Diagnos ics Labo a o y (CMDL) o he Na ional Oceanog aphic and A mosphe ic Adminis a ion, • he A mosphe ic and Radia ion Measu emen (ARM) p ojec o he U.S. Depa men o Ene gy (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997), • he In e na ional Tund a Expe imen (ITEX, see page 5), • he annual BEO Snow Su ey, and • he Spec o adiome e Ne wo k (Ul a iole Spec opho ome e G ound S a ion). Local, s a e, and ede al wildli e-managemen en i ies a e conduc ing esea ch on lands and wa e s adjacen o he BEO, and single- season scien i ic p ojec s ha ake place h oughou he yea ha e included ac i i ies om he Uni ed S a es, Japan, and China. BASC was ounded in 1996 o b ing scien is s and he communi y oge he . Acco dingly, BASC P esiden Richa d Glenn chai ed he NARL 50 h anni e sa y celeb a ion, “Science in he Communi y.” In addi ion o supplying echnicians, s uden s, and olun ee s o esea ch p ojec s, BASC akes scien is s in o he communi y. BASC is also wo king wi h he local public adio s a ion KBRW o de elop a science se ies o s a ewide and na ional syndica ion. To acili a e BEO esea ch, BASC is ecap u ing and making a ailable scien i ic da a gene a ed by p e ious in es iga ions. Wi h assis ance and a g an om he No h Slope Bo ough, he Conso ium is p o iding Geog aphic In o ma ion Sys em (GIS) mapping and o e lay da a o he BEO and icini y. BASC p o ides logis ics suppo (e.g., labo a o y space, cold and wa m s o age, compu e hookups, all- e ain ehicles and snow mobiles, expe ienced guides, and echnical assis an s). BASC also p o ides backg ound in o ma ion o esea che s who a e in he p oposal-w i ing s age. Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Glenn Sheehan (888/NARL-SCI o 907/852-4881; ax 907/852-4882; [email p o ec ed]). Fea u e A icle wai . When Kelley pe sis ed, Too ak said, “I you go, you go alone, and don’ hink anyone can come o look o you.” Tha dampened Kelley’s i es jus long enough o a majo s o m o a i e. NARL ai o ce, g ound ehicles, and boa s, o en unde Too ak’s di ec ion, ha e ca ied ou many escue missions. The spi i o wo king oge he has pe sis ed o e ime. Almos all elde s and middle-aged esiden s h oughou he No h Slope ha e wo ked wi h science p ojec s and expedi ions. Almos o a pe - son, hey s a e ha hey alue and lea ned om he expe ience o wo king wi h esea che s, and hey wan oday’s young people o ha e ha expe ience as well. The NARL celeb a ion a i med ha UIC-NARL is an excellen pla o m om which o s age and suppo oday’s A c ic esea ch p ojec s. To emphasize he poin , NSF Di ec o Neal Lane announced he signing o a h ee-yea Coope a i e Ag ee- men wi h he Ba ow A c ic Science Conso ium (see page 12). The ag eemen Ba ow’s En i onmen al Obse a o y and A c ic Science Conso ium is designed o help BASC be e acili a e A c ic science, speci ically by suppo ing he Ba ow En i onmen al Obse a o y (BEO), he only long- e m ecological The 7,466-ac e Ba ow En i onmen al Obse a o y (BEO) eas o Ba ow, Alaska has been iden i ied by he Ukpeag ik Iñupia Co po a ion as a pe manen ly p o ec ed a ea in o de o p o ide long- e m access o e es ial esea ch pu poses and moni o ing (see box). The p elimina y BEO a ea is ende ed in blue (image cou esy o he No h Slope Bo ough/GIS 1994). esea ch s a ion e e es ablished by Na i e illage s o scien i ic esea ch (see box). A o me Na y commande o NARL, B ian Shoemake , add essed UIC saying, “You a e main aining a i s - a e scien i ic acili y and doing a be e job [ han when he Na y an NARL].” P oceedings o he NARL 50 h a e en a i ely scheduled o publica ion. BASC plans o make b oadcas -quali y ideo apes o each alk, many in e iews, and an o e iew a ailable o he public. Audio apes o he p oceedings will o m he basis o a syndica ed science show o b ie spo s o be p oduced by KBRW, he No h Slope’s public (and only) adio s a ion, in collabo a ion wi h BASC. Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Glenn Sheehan a UIC-NARL in Ba ow (888/NARL-SCI o 907/852-4881; ax 907/852-4882; [email p o ec ed]). Glenn Sheehan is Execu i e Di ec o o he Ba ow A c ic Science Conso ium. He ecen ly comple ed ield wo k a Pingusug uk, Poin F anklin on a h ee-yea , NSF- unded a chaeological p ojec . 3 A c ic esea che s in he Uni ed S a es and Russia e iewed and submi ed commen s on he d a p ospec us o he Russian-Ame ican Ini ia i e on Shel -Land En i onmen s in he A c ic (RAISE) in Ap il-June 1997. To p omo e bi-na ional e alua ion o he ini ia i e, colleagues a he A c ic and An a c ic Resea ch Ins i u e, in S . Pe e sbu g ansla ed he d a in o Russian. The documen will se e as a guide o Ame ican and Russian scien is s o p opose collabo a i e esea ch o NSF and he Russia Founda ion o Basic Resea ch, espec i ely. RAISE has been es ablished o acili a e collabo a i e esea ch be ween Russian and Ame ican scien is s in o de o unde s and p ocesses and e en s in e es ial, shel , and ocean en i onmen s in no he n Eu asia. The p og am ocuses on he dynamics o he coupled A c ic land-shel sys em in esponse o ex e nal o cing and in e nal a iabili y on a a ie y o empo al and spa ial scales. Resea che s aim o ob ain new insigh s in o he pas and u u e ole and esponse o he Eu asian A c ic o global change. They will be unded o collec da a, analyze en i onmen al esponses ac oss he land-shel sys em, and de elop models o p edic ing u u e change. The e ised RAISE p ospec us is now a ailable h ough ARCUS (In e ne and ha d copy). Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac S e e Fo man in Chicago, IL (312/413-9404; ax 312/413-2279; [email p o ec ed]) o isi he Uni e si y o Illinois a Chicago Depa men o Ea h and En i onmen al Sciences Web si e (h p://www.uic.edu/ dep s/geos/). The NSF A c ic Sys em Science (ARCSS) P og am suppo s mos ly la ge, long- e m p ojec s; i is especially impo an o his p og am o plan o he u u e. The ARCSS Commi ee (AC) has as pa o i s cha ge o ad ise he ARCSS P og am abou con inua ion o old and de elopmen o new p ojec s in o de o ensu e long- e m ele ance and iabili y o he p og am. The AC will mee 3-4 Oc o- be 1997 in Sea le, Washing on o c ea e an agenda o ac ion o e he nex se e al yea s and o e iew science p io i ies. The AC will ocus on science issues ha span p og ams and p ojec s and ha suppo syn hesis and in eg a ion. The commi ee will iden i y science p io i ies and unding s a egies, sha e hese ecom- menda ions wi h he b oade communi y, and ake communi y ideas in o accoun in ecommenda ions made o NSF. Fou hemes s a ed in he ARCSS science plan (now in d a ) will guide he iden i ica ion o p io i ies: • A c ic clima e sys em and i s a iabili y, • he ole o he A c ic in global bio- geochemical cycling, • s uc u e and s abili y o A c ic ecosys ems, and • links be ween en i onmen al change and human ac i i y. A he Oc obe 1997 mee ing, each majo p og am o ARCSS will p esen in o ma ion abou p edic ed budge equi emen s (including logis ics needs), ele ance o p oposed esea ch o unde - s anding he A c ic sys em, and he p oposed s a and du a ion o each p ojec . AC membe s will ecommend he phasing o new e o s wi hin cu en bud- ge eali ies and assess he o e all p io i ies in he con ex o ARCSS P og am goals. The ollowing key issues will p o ide an addi ional amewo k o discussions: • Planning esea ch on con empo a y p ocesses o ele ance o bo h OAII and LAII (e.g., egional clima e changes, la ge i e uno ). • Planning addi ional esea ch o gain a comp ehensi e unde s anding o pas en i onmen al a iabili y, including egional a iabili y, in he A c ic. • Ex apola ing global en i onmen al changes (e.g., combined land-ocean eedbacks o global clima e, including in eg a ion o A c ic p ocesses in global clima e models). • Coupling paleoclima e and mode n obse a ional eco ds o imp o e quan i- a i e econs uc ions o pas condi ions. Calib a ion o models wi h obse a ions o pas clima e changes and wi h s udies o p ocesses ha ha e la ge e ec s on clima e eedbacks. • De eloping sha ed amewo ks o in e- g a ed assessmen s o e ec s o en i on- men al changes on A c ic peoples (e.g., combined e ec s o ma ine and e es- ial changes on local ood supplies). • Re lec ing global changes o he han clima e in p edic ions o A c ic en i on- men al changes (e.g., esou ce de elop- men , bioaccumula ion o pe sis en o ganic compounds, ishing). • Linking policy al e na i es o A c ic en i onmen al changes (e.g., common scena ios o CO2 change, ene gy cos s). • Including Na i e peoples in science planning, implemen a ion, and in e p e- a ion (e.g., Alaska Na i e Science Commission [see page 19], egional Na i e popula ions). • Dissemina ing esea ch esul s o policy and unding communi ies. • Assessing implica ions o esea ch esul s o ARCSS p io i ies. • Coo dina ing iming o p og am ini ia i es o minimize compe ing budge demands. The new plan, Towa d P edic ion o he A c ic Sys em, will be pos ed o e iew a e he mee ing and will be published sho ly he ea e . Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac ARCSS P og am Di ec o Mike Ledbe e (703/ 306-1029; ax 703/306-0648; mledbe @ ns .go ) o AC Chai Jack K use (413/ 367-2240; ax 413/367-0092; jk use@geo. umass.edu), o see he ARCSS Web si e (h p://a css.colo ado.edu) o he ARCUS Web si e (h p://a cus.pola ne .com). ARCSS P og am Upda es ARCSS Resea ch Opens New A eas o Inqui y Russian and Ame ican Resea che s D a Guide o A c ic Shel -Land S udies 4 • Hyd ologic Cycle o he A c ic, • P oduc i i y and Biogeochemical Cycles, • Coupled Ocean-A mosphe e-Ice Modeling, and • Paleoceanog aphy o he A c ic. Each wo king g oup was cha ged wi h: • iden i ying pas accomplishmen s, • de e mining he op wo o h ee impo an issues in hei ield, and • ou lining a s a egy o add essing hese issues. The g oups we e also encou aged o come up wi h possible collabo a i e e o s wi h o he OAII, ARCSS, and in e na ional esea ch p og ams. The mee ing epo is nea comple ion; i s a ailabili y will be announced a he OAII Web si e (h p://www.ccpo.odu. edu~a css/). Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Lou Codispo i a he OAII Science Managemen O ice (757/683-5770; ax 757/683-5550; [email p o ec ed]) o OAII Science S ee ing Commi ee Chai Jackie G ebmeie (423/974-2592; ax 423/974-3067; [email p o ec ed]). ARCSS P og am Upda es Majo ac i i ies o he Ocean/A mo- sphe e/Ice In e ac ions (OAII) p og am du ing he las se e al mon hs include ini ia ion o Su ace Hea Budge o he A c ic Ocean (SHEBA) Phase II ield wo k and collabo a i e p ojec s, and he i s OAII All Hands Mee ing and Planning Wo kshop. Su ace Hea Budge o he A c ic Ocean (SHEBA) Phase II In Sep embe 1997, OAII will launch he SHEBA ield expe imen by moo ing he Canadian hea y iceb eake Des G oseillie s in o he pack ice o he Beau o Sea (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997). The ship will d i wi h he ice h ough Oc obe 1998, collec ing a se ies o key measu emen s. Au oma ic da a buoys, sa elli es, and obse a ions om he U.S. Na y Subma ine A c ic Science C uise (SCICEX) p og am (see Wi ness Sp ing 1996) and esea ch ai c a will p o ide addi ional da a. The Canadian iceb eake Louis S . Lau en will esco Des G oseillie s and will p o ide helicop e suppo du ing es ablishmen o he ice s a ion. The ongoing SHEBA p og am is designed o enhance unde s anding o he he modynamic coupling be ween he a mosphe e, sea ice, and ocean. The p og am is ocusing on key p ocesses ha de e mine ice albedo and cloud adia ion eedback, and applying his knowledge o imp o e clima e modeling. The planned a ay o measu emen s ep esen s he la ges coo dina ed ield expe imen conce ning he sea ice, he unde lying ocean, and he a mosphe e. The esul ing da a will be analyzed ini ially by indi idual p incipal in es iga o s and eams o in es iga o s, and will be o ganized in o a coo dina ed SHEBA da a se . SHEBA has c ea ed impo an pa ne - ships wi h o he o ganiza ions including: • he Depa men o Ene gy’s A mosphe ic Radia ion Measu emen P og am (see Wi ness Au umn 1994), • he Na ional Ae onau ics and Space Adminis a ion’s Fi s ISCCP Regional Expe imen Phase III (FIRE-III) P o- g am (see Wi ness Au umn 1994), • he O ice o Na al Resea ch SCICEX P og am (see Wi ness Sp ing 1996), • he NASA RADARSAT Geophysical P ocesso Sys em (RGPS), • he Japan Ma ine Science and Technology Cen e (JAMSTEC), and • he Canadian Depa men o Fishe ies and Oceans. Fo mo e in o ma ion, including upda es om he ield expe imen , isi he SHEBA P ojec O ice Web si e (h p://sheba.apl.washing on.edu). All Hands Mee ing App oxima ely 100 esea che s om as a away as Japan pa icipa ed in he OAII All Hands Mee ing in Vi ginia Beach in May 1997. OAII p og ess was summa ized in 12 plena y alks, and esea ch esul s om OAII and o he A c ic p og ams we e p esen ed in mo e han 50 pos e p esen a ions. Wo king g oups ha planned o u u e esea ch unde he OAII aegis include: • Su ace Hea Budge , A mosphe ic Radia ion and Clouds, • Ci cula ion o he A c ic Ocean, P ojec ed ice d i om Oc obe 1997-1998. This igu e shows he p ojec ed d i o he SHEBA camp (75 ° N, 143 ° W) using da a om he A c ic Buoy P og am om 1979-1996. The black do s show he mean d i o he camp om 1 Oc obe 1997 o 31 Oc obe 1998. T ajec o ies show he in e annual a iabili y o ice mo ion. I he camp had been deployed in any yea om 1979 h ough 1995, he camp would ha e ollowed one o hese ajec o ies ( igu e by Kay Runciman). 400 nm Ope a ions a ea o SCICEX Sub P udhoe Ba ow 300 nm ♦♦ OAII Launches he Yea -Long SHEBA Field Expe imen 5 plan esou ces o he Alaskan Coas al Plain, o clima e wa ming. Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Pa ick Webbe in E. Lansing, MI (517/355-1284; ax 517/432-2150; [email p o ec ed]). ARCSS P og am Upda es Access o he ITEX chambe s in he Ba ow En i onmen al Obse a o y (see page 2) is designed o minimize any possible dis u bance by he p esence o esea che s. The subs an ial boa dwalk, buil in Augus 1997, is necessi a ed by he hea y daily a ic o scien is s, he e y long- e m na u e o he expe imen , and he sensi i i y o he und a o ampling (pho o by Bob Hollis e ). In June 1997, NSF awa ded LAII unding o esea che s pa icipa ing in he In e na ional Tund a Expe imen (ITEX) o con inue moni o ing he esponse o und a ege a ion on he Alaska Coas al Plain o clima e wa ming. The p ojec con inues and expands a und a-wa ming expe imen in he Ba ow En i onmen al Obse a o y (BEO), loca ed on he A c ic coas line jus eas o Ba ow (see page 2), and a A qasuk, 60 miles sou hwes o Ba ow. This expe i- men has been in place in he BEO o h ee yea s and a A qasuk o one yea . The new g an unds he esea ch a Ba ow and A qasuk o an addi ional i e yea s, capi alizing on pe manen plo s es ablished he e 25 and 27 yea s ago. The long da a eco d a ailable om hese Alaskan si es makes ongoing moni o ing a highly aluable con ibu ion o he in e na ional e o o de ec long- e m clima e change. ITEX si es a e loca ed a 26 si es in 11 coun ies including all he A c ic na ions (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997). ITEX seeks o quan i y and imp o e he unde s anding o sho - e m and long- e m esponses o und a ege a ion o annual a ia ion o and inc ease in empe a u e. The da a gene a ed will be used o imp o e p edic- ion o he esponse o A c ic lo a and ege a ion, including some impo an ITEX Ex ends Long-Te m Resea ch in he BEO • Pas and u u e changes wi hin he A c ic sys em. • Sus ainabili y o he A c ic sys em unde global change. P oposals we e due 15 Sep embe 1997. One subp og am, he In e na ional Tund a Expe imen (ITEX), is cu en ly suppo ed (see a icle his page) and was no a pa o his compe i ion. A new documen a y highligh ing LAII esea ch, The Changing A c ic, has jus been comple ed by he Public B oadcas ing Se ice a ilia e KUAC-TV in Fai banks. NSF unded ilming du ing he 1995 ield season. Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Pa icia Ande son in Fai banks, AK (907/474- 5698; ax 907/474-6722; pa icia@ gi.alaska.edu) o isi he LAII Web si e (h p://www-cgc.ua adm.alaska.edu/laii/). A he Land/A mosphe e/Ice In e - ac ions (LAII) Syn hesis Wo kshop held in June 1997 on O cas Island in Washing on, 25 LAII in es iga o s wo ked o in eg a e and consolida e LAII esul s o da e. W i ing sessions, discussions, and deba es illed in de ails o d a pape s, p epa ed in ad ance by key au ho s, on opics ha had been de e mined a he Ma ch 1997 LAII Science Wo kshop held in Sea le. Pape s based on he e ised d a s will be submi ed o publica ion be o e he end o he yea . The LAII syn hesis pape s a e lis ed on heLAII Web si e (see add ess below). A second, la e phase o he syn hesis e o will u he consolida e he pape s. The new LAII Plan o Ac ion, pub- lished in Ma ch 1997, is a ailable on LAII Resea che s Syn hesizing Insigh s and Resul s he LAII Websi e. The plan se s ou he signi ican esea ch p io i ies and o e all LAII goal— o enhance ou unde - s anding o he land, a mosphe e, and ice in e ac ions in he A c ic sys em, he ole ha hese p ocesses play in he whole ea h sys em, and he e ec ha global change may ha e on he A c ic. The new plan aims o ad ance LAII as a mo e in eg a ed esea ch p og am in he u u e (see Wi ness Au umn 1996). Towa d ha end, NSF dissemina ed a new LAII Announcemen o Oppo uni y in June 1997 add essing he ou in e - disciplina y hemes o LAII: • De ec ion and analysis o global change. • Ci cumpola ex apola ion o clima e eedbacks om A c ic e es ial sys ems. 6 he glaciological communi y is now conside ing o he si es o ice-co e eco ds. GISP2 ep esen a i es o he ARCSS Commi ee (see page 3) will submi a p oposal a he Oc obe 1997 mee ing o change he name “GISP2” o “A c ic Ice Co es,” o be e ep esen he u u e in e es o he glaciological communi y. Fo mo e in o ma ion, see he GISP2 Web si e (h p://www.gisp2.s .umh.edu/ GISP2) o con ac Ma k Twickle , Associa e Di ec o o he GISP2 Science Managemen O ice in Du ham, NH (603/862-1991; ax 603/862-2124; [email p o ec ed]). S a es, Canada, and Russia. The pu pose o he wo kshop is o examine and syn hesize he cu en s a e o knowledge o la e-Cenozoic paleoen i onmen s o Be ingia. These indings will be used o sugges an agenda o u u e Be ingian esea ch, ocusing on he sui abili y o new echniques o answe ongoing esea ch ques ions, and pinpoin ing po en ially impo an aspec s o esea ch ha ha e been lacking o unde - ep esen ed in Be ingia. P oceedings will be published in a special issue o Qua e na y Science Re iews. Fo mo e in o ma ion abou he wo kshop, con ac Sco Elias in Boulde , CO (303/492-5158; ax 303/492-6388; [email p o ec ed]) o Julie B igham-G e e in Amhe s , MA (413/545-4840; ax 413/545-1200; [email p o ec ed]). The annual PALE p incipal in es iga- o s mee ing will be held in ea ly Feb ua y 1998 in Boulde , Colo ado. Fo mo e in o ma ion, isi he PALE Web si e (h p://www.ngdc.noaa.go / paleo/pale/index.h ml), o con ac Randy M ugala a he PALE Science Manage- men O ice (303/492-0246; ax 303/492- 6388; [email p o ec ed]). ARCSS P og am Upda es PALE Con ibu es o Ci cumpola Da a Se s GISP2 Communi y Se s Sigh s on New A c ic Co es In Decembe 1996, he G eenland Ice Shee P ojec 2 (GISP2) held i s inal o mal GISP2 wo kshop in Napa, Cali o - nia. This mee ing b ough oge he in es iga o s who ha e been wo king on he GISP2 p ojec since he i s d illing season in 1989 (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997). Mo e han 130 scien i ic pape s ha e been published as a esul o GISP2. Al hough he GISP2 ield p ojec is winding down, in es iga o s a e con inu- ing o sample he ice co e a he Na ional Ice Co e Labo a o y in Den e . Mo e han 5,000 samples ha e been analyzed in he pas yea and se e al p ojec s ha e been unded o u he in es iga ion o he GISP2 co e o enhance ou unde s anding o he clima e sys em. In No embe 1997, he Join Jou nal o Geophysical Resea ch (JGR)-A mosphe e/ Oceans Special Issue on he G eenland Ice Co es will be published. This issue will con ain 47 a icles on GISP2 and he Eu opean G eenland Ice Co e P ojec (GRIP). A he elease o he JGR Special Issue, he Na ional Snow and Ice Da a Cen e (NSIDC) and he Na ional Geophysical Da a Cen e (NGDC), along wi h GISP2 and GRIP, will be eleasing a CD-ROM con aining da a and in o ma- ion abou he wo d illing p ojec s. Wi h GISP2 nea ing comple ion, Fo he pas se e al yea s, Paleoclima es om A c ic Lakes and Es ua ies (PALE) has ocused i s ield p og ams in wo p ima y egions: Be ingia and he no hwes A lan ic Ocean. PALE has a ge ed he land, con inen al shel es, and ma ginal seas in hese wo egions in o de o de elop a densi y o si es adequa e o enable meaning ul da a-model compa i- sons. A he same ime, da abase and mod- eling e o s ha e ad anced o capi alize on he new si e-speci ic da a being p oduced. To e alua e he ole o he en i e A c ic in he global clima e sys em, PALE joined o ces wi h he in e na ional A c ic paleo- science communi y o c ea e Ci cum- A c ic PaleoEn i onmen s (CAPE) in 1995 (see Wi ness Au umn 1996). CAPE’s pilo p ojec , he in e ac i e Paleoen i on- men al A las o Be ingia, became a ailable o use on he In e ne in Sp ing 1997 (h p://www.ngdc.noaa.go /paleo/pale/ a las.h ml) (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997). An upda ed and mo e comple e e sion is due in Win e 1998. CAPE is cu en ly examining he spa ial and empo al pa e ns o en i on- men al change in he A c ic du ing he Holocene. This wo k began in Lammi, Finland in Ap il 1997 a he i s mee ing o he CAPE Holocene P ojec . Nea ly 40 A c ic esea che s om Canada, Denma k, Finland, Ge many, Iceland, No way, Russia, Sweden, Uni ed Kingdom, and he Uni ed S a es a ended he mee ing. The g oup e alua ed he spa ial pa e ns o ege a ion econs uc ions and in e ed summe empe a u es in 1,000- yea ime slices, concen a ing on 6,000 and 10,000 yea s ago. Compa able ma ine econs uc ions we e hampe ed by he limi ed dis ibu ion o well da ed co es, he di e si y o he p oxies used, and he di icul y in di e en ia ing pola wa e masses ou side he a ea o A lan ic wa e in luence. Colo maps indica ing ela i e magni- ude and di ec ions o change in summe empe a u es a 6,000 and 10,000 yea s ago we e compiled om app oxima ely 400 si es. S ong spa ial pa e ns eme ged ha a e la gely conco dan wi h ends desc ibed by he AGCM simula ions. Fo mo e in o ma ion, isi he CAPE Web si e (h p://www.ngdc.noaa.go / paleo/cape/TOC.h m). PALE and he NSF O ice o Pola P og ams a e sponso ing a wo kshop on Paleoen i onmen s o Be ingia, 20-23 Sep embe 1997 in Flo issan , Colo ado. The in e disciplina y mee ing in ol es geologis s, biologis s, clima ologis s, pale- on ologis s, a chaeologis s, paleoecologis s, and paleoceanog aphe s om he Uni ed 7 by acqui ing om he U.S. Na y equipmen su icien o suppo ou o i e emo e camps o up o 20 people (e.g., Wea he po buildings, hea e s, gene a o s, snow machines, sleds). The equipmen was used by he Na y o suppo ice camps; i will now be used o suppo NSF- unded e es ial/icecap ield p og ams. Pa o he equipmen is being used by he Su ace Hea Budge o he A c ic Ocean (SHEBA, see page 4) p og am. PICO adminis e s he equipmen pool wi h guidance om NSF. NSF has also collabo a ed wi h he O ice o Na al Resea ch (ONR) o lease a s o age, main enance, and s aging acili y a TAB. NSF has eques ed addi ional buildings he e o o ice and labo a o y space. These ecen de elopmen s a Thule, oge he wi h NSF’s long-s anding coope a ion wi h he Ai Na ional Gua d o hea y ai li and he PICO base a he KISS acili y, a e designed o p o ide a solid base o suppo o A c ic esea ch in G eenland. Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Simona Gilbe a NSF (703/306-1029; ax 703/ 306-0648; [email p o ec ed]). Na ional Science Founda ion News NSF Acquisi ions Suppo Yea -Round Access in G eenland In July 1997, NSF acqui ed equipmen and building space a Thule Ai Base in no hwes G eenland. The mo e upg ades he si e so ha i can se e as a solid logis ic cen e o yea - ound, high-A c ic s udies in no he n G eenland and on he A c ic Ocean ice cap. NSF will main ain he new capabili y a Thule only i he A c ic esea ch communi y can make good use o he in es men . Thule Ai Base Thule Ai Base (TAB) is a ela i ely la ge mili a y ins alla ion on he no hwes coas o G eenland (77°N) wi h ex ensi e yea - ound housing and s o age acili ies. A la ge oad ne wo k suppo s he old missile launch si es le o e om he Cold Wa . Logis ical and echnical suppo is a ailable om con ac o s, a helicop e , he Pola Ice Co ing O ice (PICO), and G eenland Ai . TAB is loca ed on a peninsula be ween Ba in Bay and he G eenland Ice Shee . La ge ac s o he su ounding landscape a e undis u bed pola dese , semi-dese , species- ich pola oases, and we sedge ecosys ems adjacen o eshwa e lakes. NSF would like o hea abou po en ial applica ions o he Thule logis ics hub, so ha a decision can be made whe he o main ain suppo a his no he n si e, o o ans e equipmen o he PICO logis ics acili y in sou he n G eenland. PICO p o ides adminis a i e, enginee - ing, and logis ics suppo o ice-co ing p ojec s wo ldwide. I s U.S. o ices a e loca ed in Lincoln, Neb aska; i s logis ics acili y is based a he Kange lussuaq In e na ional Science Suppo acili y (KISS, see Wi ness Sp ing 1997), o me ly he Sondes om Ai Base, in sou he n G eenland. G eenland as an A c ic Resea ch Base The pe ennially ozen and seasonally ice- ee egions o G eenland and i s neighbo ing seas ha e a ac ed g owing a en ion as a p ime base o s udy o he ea h’s biological, geophysical, chemical, and sociocul u al p ocesses and he in e ac ions o ocean, land, a mosphe ic, biological, and human sys ems. G eenland and i s seas a e cha ac e is i- cally ei he pe manen ly ozen o signi ican ly chilled by he cu en s ha link he A c ic o he No h A lan ic Oceans. The ice-co e ed inland a ea, whe e he ice eaches hicknesses o up o wo miles, s e ches 1500 miles no h- o- sou h and 600 miles eas - o-wes . The ice- ee coas al egion, which is a imes as wide as 120 miles, spans 131,900 squa e miles. This egion is in e sec ed by deep jo ds ha connec he inland ice a ea wi h he sea. Enhancing Logis ical Suppo Since i s es ablishmen in 1979, he G eenland Home Rule Go e nmen has wo ked wi h he Commission o Scien i ic Resea ch in G eenland, g an ing U.S. scien is s pe mission o conduc esea ch in many a eas in G eenland (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997). In ea ly June 1997, ep esen a i es o he G eenland Home Rule Go e nmen , Danish Pola Cen e , and NSF me o discuss cu en p ojec s and u u e scien i ic collabo a ion in G eenland. Encou aged by hese discussions, NSF mo ed o imp o e logis ical suppo o scien i ic esea ch in no he n G eenland and on he d i ing ice o he A c ic Ocean NSF A c ic Sys em Science P og am Di ec o Mike Ledbe e and Iman s Vi snieks o he Space and Na al Wa a e Sys ems Command du ing he ans e o equipmen and building space a Thule Ai Base in G eenland (pho o by Tom Pyle). 8 A mosphe ic Adminis a ion (NOAA) and he Na ional Ae onau ics and Space Adminis a ion (NASA), as well as NSF. Da a collec ed h ough GLOBE a e a ailable o he public. GLOBE also o e s aining o eache s and eache - aine s in implemen ing his p og am, aking i s measu emen s, and using he lea ning ac i i ies ha complemen he hands-on p ocess o collec ing he measu emen s. In o ma ion esou ces a ailable on-line include g aphic displays o some da a and GLOBEMail, a web-based mail sys em ha allows p og am pa icipan s a ound he wo ld o communica e wi h one ano he . Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac GLOBE ([email p o ec ed]; h p://www.globe.go ) o isi NSF’s online in o ma ion se ice (h p://www. ns .go /cgi-bin/ge pub?ns 97129). Na ional Science Founda ion News In ea ly Sep embe 1997, John B. Hun became Ac ing Di ec o o he O ice o Pola P og ams (OPP). He comes o his in e im posi ion om he Di ec o a e o Ma hema ical and Physical Sciences (MPS) a NSF, whe e he has held posi ions o inc easing esponsibili y as P og am Di ec o , Execu i e O ice o MPS, Execu i e O ice o he Di ision o Chemis y (1990-1995), Ac ing Di ision Di ec o (1993-1994), and Ac ing Assis an Di ec o o MPS (1996-1997). P io o joining he NSF Chemis y Di ision as a isi ing scien is in 1983, Hun was P o esso o Chemis y a he Ca holic Uni e si y o Ame ica, whe e he had se ed as a acul y membe since 1962. His esea ch a Ca holic Uni e si y deal la gely wi h mechanisms o eac ions o ansi ion me al complexes. Following a sabba ical a he Na ional Ins i u es o Heal h (NIH) in 1971-72, Hun also collabo a ed wi h NIH esea che s on me al ion-p o ein in e ac ions. The mos ecen pape om his collabo a ion, published in 1990, deal wi h zinc ion binding o he egula o y subuni o aspa a e ansca bamoylase. Hun se ed as a consul an o he Elec ochemis y Di ision o he Na al O dinance Labo a o y om 1966-1972 in he a ea o used sal ba e ies. He was a consul an o he Red C oss Blood Se ices Labo a o y om 1973-1983 on esea ch ela ed o blood pla ele s. Fo se en yea s, he was a membe o he Boa d o Di ec o s o he Ma ine Science Conso ium a Wallops Island, Vi ginia, whe e he also augh cou ses in chemical oceanog aphy. Hun has also se ed as a membe o he S a egic Ad iso y Commi ee o he Council o Chemical Resea ch. Hun ecei ed his unde g adua e educa ion a Tulane Uni e si y (B.S. in Chemis y, 1955), an M.S. deg ee in ino ganic chemis y om Geo ge own Uni e si y (1960), and a Ph.D. in ino ganic chemis y om he Uni e si y o Chicago (1962). His ou yea s as a na al o ice included wo yea s on he USS Iowa and wo yea s eaching chemis y a he U.S. Na al Academy. Hun can be eached a NSF/OPP in A ling on, VA (703/306-1030; ax 703/306-0645; [email p o ec ed]). NSF Seeks GLOBE P oposals Engaging S uden s in Science NSF is seeking p oposals om scien is -educa o eams o pa icipa e in he Global Lea ning and Obse a ions o Bene i he En i onmen (GLOBE) p og am. P oposals a e due by 15 Oc obe 1997. The GLOBE p og am suppo s p ojec s designed o inc ease: • scien i ic unde s anding o he ea h, • s uden achie emen in science and ma hema ics, and • en i onmen al awa eness. The p og am cu en ly in ol es K-12 s uden s a o e 1,500 schools who make en i onmen al obse a ions ollowing es ablished esea ch p o ocols and hen epo hei da a ia he In e ne o he GLOBE S uden Da a A chi e. As i s name sugges s, GLOBE is designed o und collabo a ion a ound he wo ld. U.S. ins i u ions, esea che s, educa o s, and s uden s a e encou aged o o m eams wi h hei coun e pa s in John Hun Becomes Ac ing Di ec o o NSF O ice o Pola P og ams o he coun ies. NSF will und he pa icipa ing U.S. ins i u ions o up o ou yea s beginning in May 1998. Fo scien i ic in ol emen in GLOBE, eams mus p opose o: • conduc en i onmen al esea ch using GLOBE s uden da a, and • assume esponsibili y o one o mo e exis ing o new GLOBE measu emen p o ocols. Teams will be expec ed o help main- ain and imp o e he science, educa ion, and e alua ion ac i i ies o he p og am. P oposals should include objec i es o: • de elop lea ning ac i i ies in suppo o GLOBE measu emen s, • de elop U.S. s uden -assessmen ools o op ional use by eache s, • de elop and in eg a e educa ional ma e ials, and • e alua e he p og am. GLOBE is an in e agency p og am in ol ing he Na ional Oceanic and John B. Hun 9 • To wha ex en will i enhance he in as uc u e o esea ch and educa- ion, such as acili ies, ins umen a ion, ne wo ks, and pa ne ships? • Will he esul s be dissemina ed b oadly o enhance scien i ic and echnological unde s anding? • Wha may be he bene i s o he p oposed ac i i y o socie y? Re iewe s will now be asked o: • add ess a gi en p oposal’s s eng hs and weaknesses as hey ela e o any o all o he conside a ions lis ed unde each c i e ion, • p o ide an o e all a ing, and • p o ide a b ie summa y s a emen ha includes commen s on he ela i e impo ance o he wo c i e ia o hei a ing. Addi ional backg ound in o ma ion abou his change, including he NSB’s esolu- ion and he epo on which i is based, can be ound a (h p://www.ns .go / home/nsb/documen .h m). P oposals ecei ed by he NSF P oposal P ocessing Uni a e assigned o he app op ia e NSF p og am o acknow- ledgmen . All p oposals ha mee NSF equi emen s a e ca e ully e iewed by a scien is , enginee , o educa o se ing as an NSF P og am O ice , and usually by h ee o en o he pe sons ou side NSF who a e expe s in he pa icula ield ep esen ed by he p oposal. P opose s a e in i ed o sugges names o pe sons hey belie e a e especially well quali ied o e iew he p oposal o pe sons whom hey would p e e no e iew he p oposal. These sugges ions may se e as one sou ce in he e iewe -selec ion p ocess a he P og am O ice ’s disc e ion. P og am O ice s may ob ain commen s om assembled e iew panels o om si e isi s be o e ecommending inal ac ion on p oposals. Recommenda- ions o awa ds a e u he e iewed by senio NSF s a . Fo mo e in o ma ion, consul he NSF Web si e (h p://www.ns .go /) o con ac he app op ia e A c ic Sec ion p og am manage in A ling on, VA (703/306-1029; ax 703/306-0648; [email p o ec ed]). In Augus 1997, NSF announced publica ion o an upda ed G an P oposal Guide (GPG) and P oposal Fo ms Ki ha inco po a e changes in he p oposal- e iew c i e ia (see a icle his page, and Publica ions page 23). The new e sion o he GPG becomes e ec i e 1 Oc obe 1997. The comple e ex , including all o ms, is a ailable a he NSF web si e (h p://www.ns .go ). Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac he NSF Policy O ice, Di ision o Con ac s, Policy and O e sigh (703/306-1243; ax 703/306-0280; [email p o ec ed]). New Da es o A c ic P og am P oposals The ecen ly e ised Guidelines o Submission o P oposals o he A c ic Science P og am has no ye been o icially app o ed o elease. When i appea s, i will con ain new a ge da es o p oposals: 1 Feb ua y and 1 Augus . Du ing he 1997-98 ansi ion, gene al a ge da es will be 15 Decembe 1997 and 1 Feb ua y 1998; he Social Sciences P og am, howe e , will no ha e a Feb ua y 1998 a ge . The change is being made o accommoda e imp o ed A c ic logis ics capabili ies (see pages 7 and 14) and o be e coo dina e wi h o he NSF p og ams. P opose s should mee he Feb ua y a ge da e o he yea be o e he p oposed ield wo k, i hey a e eques ing: • ship ime on Uni e si y-Na ional Oceanog aphic Labo a o y Sys em (UNOLS) ships, • ship ime on he new esea ch iceb eake USCGC Healy, o • access o G eenland si es needing hea y ai li capabili y o he Ai Na ional Gua d. Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac he app op ia e A c ic Sec ion p og am manage in A ling on, VA (703/306-1029; ax 703/306-0648; [email p o ec ed]). Na ional Science Founda ion News New NSF P oposal Guidelines Published NSF Adop s New P oposal-Re iew C i e ia In Ma ch 1997, he Na ional Science Boa d (NSB) app o ed new c i e ia o e iewing p oposals o NSF, e ec i e 1 Oc obe 1997. The NSB adop ed he ollowing wo c i e ia in place o he ou c i e ia ha we e used be o e: (1)Wha is he in ellec ual me i o he p oposed ac i i y? • How impo an is he p oposed ac i i y o ad ancing knowledge and unde - s anding wi hin i s own ield and ac oss di e en ields? • How well quali ied is he p opose (indi idual o eam) o conduc he p ojec ? (I app op ia e, please commen on he quali y o p io wo k.) • To wha ex en does he p oposed ac i i y sugges and explo e c ea i e and o iginal concep s? • How well concei ed and o ganized is he p oposed ac i i y? • Is he e su icien access o esou ces? (2)Wha a e he b oade impac s o he p oposed ac i i y? • How well does he ac i i y ad ance disco e y and unde s anding while p omo ing eaching, aining, and lea ning? • How well does he p oposed ac i i y b oaden he pa icipa ion o unde ep esen ed g oups (e.g., gende , e hnici y, geog aphic)? 16 • people a e p oud o he esul s and he e o e own hem; and • e alua ion indings a e being used in local heal h-se ice managemen and policy decisions. These e alua ion echniques can be used by o he esea che s wo king o inc ease pa icipa ion o se ice ecipien s in emo e, cul u ally dis inc communi ies. The o de ly, quali a i e p ocess engages illage s as ac i e pa icipan s in he e alua ion. Thei pe cep ions can hen be used o assess he eliabili y and alidi y o quan i a i e e alua ion echniques. Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac B ian Saylo a he Ins i u e o Ci cumpola Heal h S udies, Uni e si y o Alaska Ancho age (907/786-4024; ax 907/786- 4019; [email p o ec ed]) o Joan Hamil on a Chemical Misuse T ea men and Reco e y Se ices in Be hel, AK (907/543-6760 o 800/450-2822; ax 907/543-6712). he A c ic Ocean basin, including he ec onic de elopmen o he egion. The da a- elease plan, ecen ly app o ed by he Chie o Na al Ope a ions (CNO), is he p oduc o a coope a i e e o by he U.S. Depa men o S a e, he Di ec o o he Subma ine Wa a e Di ision, he Oceanog aphe o he Na y on he CNO’s s a , and he USARC. Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Ga y B ass a he USARC in A ling on, VA (703/525-0111; ax 703/525-0114; [email p o ec ed]) o Lieu enan Joe Walke a he U.S. Na y O ice o In o ma ion a he Pen agon in A ling on, VA (703/697-5342; ax 703/695-5318). Recipien s as Resea che s: Village s E alua e Se ices Science News 25 Yea s o A c ic Sub Ba hyme ic Da a Declassi ied In Augus 1997, he U.S. Na y and he U.S. A c ic Resea ch Commission (USARC, see page 11) announced an ag eemen o declassi y he la ges quan i y o A c ic Ocean ba hyme ic da a in his o y. The new in o ma ion will inc ease by en- old he da a a ailable o ci ilian esea che s and he public wo ldwide ega ding he opog aphy o he ice- co e ed A c ic Basin. The da a se s o o e 120,000 nau ical miles o ack in he 5.5 million-squa e- mile A c ic Ocean we e collec ed by U.S. Na y nuclea subma ines om 1957-1982 du ing ou ine ope a ions in he A c ic. Subma ines, unde way con inuously, cons i u e an ideal pla o m o collec ing his aluable eco d. The da a include: • wa e dep h, • la i ude and longi ude, • gene al ime ame, • ype o bo om sounde , and • na iga ion sys em used. Con igu ing he i s ba ch o declassi ied da a in o a o ma ha can be used by he scien i ic communi y will ake app oxima ely six mon hs. When eleased, he da a will help answe a numbe o signi ican ques ions. I will be use ul o : • imp o ing he accu acy o hyd og aphic cha s, • e ining models o A c ic Ocean ci cula ion, • enhancing he unde s anding o global clima e, and • p edic ing he anspo o con aminan s. The da a will assis scien is s in unde - s anding he geological s uc u e o he A c ic and he geologic his o y o Residen s in he sou hwes Alaskan communi ies o Hoope Bay, Scammon Bay, and Che ak ha e been engaged in a new p ocess o e alua ing se ices a ailable in hei illages. They ha e pa icipa ed in a quali a i e e alua- ion o he accessibili y, accep abili y, and quali y o subs ance-abuse ea men using a p ocess de eloped by esea che s a he Uni e si y o Alaska Ancho age’s Ins i u e o Ci cumpola Heal h S udies. Residen s we e asked o help e alua e a pilo p og am ha selec ed and ained six illage s in 1994 o p o ide subs ance- abuse ea men se ices in he h ee u al communi ies. The illage s we e ained o p o ide se ices based on adi ional Yup’ik and Cup’ik Eskimo cus oms and p ac ices a he han hose based exclusi ely on Wes e n subs ance-abuse ea men app oaches. Each local p og am elies hea ily on he ad ice o local policy s ee ing commi ees. Tha pilo p og am has been suppo ed by g an unds om he ede al Cen e o Subs ance Abuse T ea men in Rock ille, Ma yland and sponso ed by he egional Yukon-Kuskokwim Heal h Co po a ion headqua e ed in he sou hwes Alaska hub communi y o Be hel. Residen s o he h ee illages ha e now suppo ed a igo ous e alua ion o he se ices ecei ed unde his demons a ion g an . The p ocedu e de eloped o his e alua ion includes: • ocus g oups designed o answe ques ions o majo in e es o bo h he illage s and ede al unding agencies; • ideo aped in e iews eques ed on he basis o insigh s om ocusg oups; • p oduc ion o a 50-minu e ideo ape desc ibing in he se ice ecipien s’ own wo ds how he p og am is being ecei ed. Feedback om p og am pa icipan s sugges s ha : • quali a i e e alua ion me hods de eloped o his p ojec con o m o Yup’ik and Cup’ik cul u al expec a ions and cus oms; • pa icipa ing communi ies do no eel in aded by esea che s; • illage s eel ha hei oice is being hea d in hei assessmen o he accessibili y, accep abili y, and quali y o he p og ams p o ided; 17 G ea B i ain, made a i e-yea , hal - billion-dolla challenge g an o Ame ican public schools ( he Annenbe g Challenge). He subsequen ly es ablished ano he $50,000,000 und, known as he Annen- be g Ru al Challenge, in ligh o compel- ling e idence ha a na ional school e o m e o , o be e ec i e, mus include u al schools. One hi d o he na ion’s schools a e u al, and a qua e o he na ion’s s uden s and eache s mee in u al schools. The Ru al Challenge unded AKRSI as pa o a na ional ne wo k com- mi ed o ans o ming u al educa ion. The AKRSI is dedica ed o sys emic e o m h ough he in eg a ion o Alaska Na i e and Wes e n scien i ic knowledge in o educa ional sys ems h oughou Alaska. AKRSI has de eloped he Alaska Na i e Knowledge Ne wo k (ANKN) o help compile and exchange in o ma ion ela ed o knowledge sys ems and ways o knowing ha Alaska Na i es ha e acqui ed h ough cumula i e expe ience o e Science News In Sp ing 1997, he A c ic scien i ic communi y ep esen ed by ARCUS, and he Alaska Na i e communi y ep esen ed by he Alaska Fede a ion o Na i es (AFN) and i s Ru al Sys emic Ini ia i e (AKRSI), launched a pa ne - ship o coo dina e science-educa ion ini ia i es. ARCUS and AFN a e collabo a ing h ough a Memo andum o Ag eemen in a p ojec o imp o e access o locally p oduced cu iculum esou ces o u al schools in Alaska. Sean Topkok assumed he posi ion o Indigenous Cu iculum Specialis wi h ARCUS in Ap il 1997 and began o compile, ca alog, and dissemina e he olume o ma e ial ha has been p oduced o e ime. The AKRSI is a i e-yea p ojec unded in 1994 (see Wi ness Sp ing 1995), in pa by he NSF Educa ional Sys em Re o m P og ams, and in pa by he Annenbe g Ru al Challenge. In 1993, he Hono able Wal e A. Annenbe g, o me U.S. ambassado o millennia. ANKN in ends o make such in o ma ion a ailable o Na i e people, go e nmen agencies, educa o s, and he gene al public. A da abase o cu iculum esou ces compiled by he Indigenous Cu iculum p ojec since Ap il 1997 is now a ailable a he ANKN Web si e lis ed below. The cu iculum esou ces included in he da abase illus a e ways in which indig- enous and Wes e n knowledge sys ems can be applied in schools h ough a balanced, comp ehensi e, and cul u ally aligned cu iculum amewo k adap able o local ci cums ances. The esou ces will help eache s and s uden s connec he knowl- edge, skills, and ways o knowing necessa y o a illage li elihood wi h hose e lec ed in he school cu iculum. The da abase esou ces a e ca aloged by aspec s o li e in u al Alaska a ound which school cu icula can be o ganized. The wel e hemes a e: • Family, • Language/Communica ion, • Cul u al Exp ession, • T ibe/Communi y, • Heal h/Wellness, • Li ing in Place, • Ou doo Su i al, • Subsis ence, • Alaska Na i e Claims Se lemen Ac , • Applied Technology, • Ene gy/Ecology, and • Explo ing Ho izons. AKRSI also is de eloping cul u al s anda ds—guidelines o ela ing class- oom lea ning o s uden s’ expe iences in he cul u al and physical en i onmen ou side o school. D a cul u al s anda ds pe ain o: • lea ning expe iences o he s uden , • composi ion o he cu iculum, • p ac ices o he eache , and • con ex o he school i sel . The s anda ds a e being dis ibu ed o e iew and will be p oposed o adop ion a a con e ence o Na i e educa o s in Feb- ua y 1998. The d a cul u al s anda ds a e a ailable on he ANKN Web si e (h p://www.ua .edu/ankn) and om Sean Topkok a ANKN (907/474-5897; ax 907/474-5615; [email p o ec ed]). Ba ow Hos s Science Educa ion Assembly O e 30 scien is s, educa o s, pa en s, and No h Slope communi y membe s ga he ed in Ba ow, Alaska in Augus 1997 o e lec on he impo ance o science educa ion in he A c ic. The A c ic Science Educa ion Con e ence, sponso ed by Ilisag ik College and he Alaska Ru al Sys emic Ini ia i e (see a icle his page), was held in conjunc ion wi h “Science in he Communi y,” he 50 h anni e sa y o he Na al A c ic Resea ch Labo a o y (NARL, see ea u e). The goal o he Con e ence—˝ o de elop speci ic ecommenda ions, guidelines, and echniques o educa ing No h Slope s uden s in he sciences in o he 21s cen u y while main aining a sensi i i y o he cul u al he i age o he Iñupia li es yle˝— was emphasized by Alaska No h Slope Bo ough (NSB) Mayo Ben Nageak in his opening add ess on he alue o science educa ion o he Bo ough. P esen a ions, ep esen ing many oices, included in o ma ion on: • science educa ion om a Na i e Ame ican pe spec i e; • s anda ds-based educa ion and Alaska s a e educa ion ini ia i es; • new de elopmen s in A c ic science educa ion om a scien i ic pe spec i e; and • cu iculum esou ces o A c ic science educa ion. Pa icipan s discussed he kinds o science educa ion cu en ly a ailable and wha hey would like o see in hei espec i e communi ies. The day closed wi h a dis illa- ion o salien poin s om h ee pa icipan s—a Ba ow esiden and business leade , he head o he NSB Depa men o Wildli e Managemen , and a leading scien is . A planned epo will p o ide guidelines o u u e A c ic science educa ion endea o s. Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac F ank Willingham, Ilisag ik College, (907/852- 9176; ax 907/852-1146; [email p o ec ed]). Pa ne ship Fo med o De elop Indigenous Cu icula 18 o he science plan, hey will e iew: • p io i ies o he exis ing p og am, • goals and objec i es se o h in A c ic Social Science: An Agenda o Ac ion, • ecommenda ions om he wo kshop on T adi ional Knowledge Sys ems in he A c ic con ened by ANSC in Ma ch 1997 (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997), and • o he ecommenda ions o he conduc o A c ic social science. The new plan is en isioned o be a se o dynamic ecommenda ions subjec o con inuing e olu ion as esea ch is conduc ed, new ques ions eme ge, and p io i ies shi o add ess changing needs. ARCUS has been asked by NSF o con ene he Oc obe 1997 wo kshop and coo dina e publica ion o he science plan. The d a plan will be pos ed on he ARCUS Web si e o communi y e iew and commen p io o publica ion. Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac A c ic Social Sciences P og am Manage Fae Ko smo (see box his page) o ARCUS (907/474-1600; ax 907/474-1604; [email p o ec ed]; h p:// a cus.pola ne .com). Fae L. Ko smo will become he new A c ic Social Sciences P og am Manage a NSF beginning 1 Oc obe 1997. Ko smo comes o he new posi ion om he Uni e si y o Alaska Fai banks (UAF), whe e she has been Associa e P o esso and Chai o he Poli ical Science Depa men . Ko smo’s esea ch in e es s ha e in ol ed compa a i e indigenous igh s in he ci cumpola No h, ocusing on cons i u ional issues and land claims. Ongoing esea ch includes he in luence o he In e na ional Geophysical Yea (1957-58) on in e na ional ela ions and domes ic poli ics in he A c ic. Ano he opic o con inuing esea ch encompasses he human dimensions o global change. Fo he pas yea , Ko smo has o ganized and di ec ed he Social Science Resea ch G oup a UAF, wi h he pu pose o encou aging in e disciplina y esea ch and cu iculum de elopmen . She plans o os e in e disciplina y app oaches a NSF, in eg a ing social science and educa ional elemen s wi h he na u al and physical sciences. He goals also include s eng hening ela ionships be ween esea ch communi ies and local popula ions. Ko smo can be eached in Washing on, DC (703/306-1029; ax 703/306-0648; [email p o ec ed]; a e 1 Oc obe 1997, [email p o ec ed]). A c ic Social Sciences Wo kshop o De elop Science Plan Ko smo Becomes New A c ic Social Sciences P og am Manage a NSF Science News A pp oxima ely 25 in i ed pa icipan s will mee in la e Oc obe 1997 a an NSF- unded wo kshop in Sea le, Washing on o p epa e a comp ehensi e science plan o he O ice o Pola P og ams A c ic Social Sciences P og am. The A c ic Social Sciences P og am was ini ia ed by NSF in 1990 in esponse o A c ic Social Science: An Agenda o Ac ion, published by he Na ional Resea ch Council in 1989 and ela ing o all ede al agencies. Tha epo sugges ed ha esea ch was necessa y in h ee majo a eas: • apid social change, • communi y iabili y, and • human/en i onmen in e ac ions. The mul idisciplina y and in e disci- plina y p og am ha de eloped acco ding o he epo ’s ecommenda ions encom- passes all social sciences suppo ed by NSF, including an h opology, a chaeol- ogy, economics, geog aphy, linguis ics, poli ical science, psychology, sociology, and ela ed subjec s. The p og am has been success ul in many a eas, suppo ing p ojec s ha ha e p oduced signi ican and much needed knowledge abou he p ehis o y o he A c ic and he cul u al li e o indigenous peoples. Many o hese s udies a e impo - an in unde s anding en i onmen al and clima e change, and help make p edic ions abou u u e global change (see Wi ness Au umn 1994 and Au umn 1995). The A c ic Social Sciences P og am has also suppo ed impo an collabo a- ions and pa ne ships, including coope a- ion be ween U.S. and in e na ional scien is s, esea che s and indigenous peoples, social and na u al scien is s, and social scien is s and schools. In addi ion, he p og am has unded non- esea ch ac i i ies ha g ea ly impac he conduc o social science in he A c ic. Fo example, suppo p o ided o he es ablishmen o he Alaska Na i e Science Commission (ANSC, see page 19) has helped o s eng hen connec ions and communica ions be ween scien is s and Na i e communi ies and g oups. An In e na ional Di ec o y o A c ic Social Scien is s published in Sp ing 1997 (see Publica ions page 23) has al eady p o en in aluable in helping esea che s om a ious social science disciplines, and na u al and social scien is s, o m collabo a i e ela ionships. A g owing awa eness o needs ha a e, as ye , inadequa ely add essed is p omp ing a call o addi ional esea ch. A en ion o cu en poli ical, social, economic, and en i onmen al issues could con ibu e insigh s highly ele an o he immedia e u u e o hose li ing in he A c ic. Acco dingly, he p io i ies o he 1989 Agenda o Ac ion will be e isi ed by wo kshop pa icipan s in Oc obe 1997. The wo kshop planning p ocess will add ess he di e si y o social science disciplines and esea che s suppo ed by he p og am. In i ed pa icipan s ep esen a b oad a ay o pe spec i es and a a ie y o disciplines, including hose ha ypi y he p og am’s signi ican accomplishmen s and impo an gaps in unde s anding. Pa icipan s ha e been asked o d a a comp ehensi e science plan ha will p o- ide a amewo k o ongoing de elopmen o he social science esea ch p og am. In o de o de elop ecommenda ions 19 execu i e di ec o o many non-p o i o ganiza ions; P esiden o Calis a Co po a ion, a Na i e egional co po a- ion; and P esiden o ESCA Co po a ion, an ea h-science and emo e sensing consul ing company. Michael Pede son, an Iñupia Eskimo om Ba ow, holds he Na u al Resou ces sea . He wo ks as he Na u al Resou ces Specialis o he A c ic Slope Na i e Associa ion. He is a membe o Eugene B owe ’s whaling c ew, has wo ked wi h he Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, and has pa icipa ed in mee ings o he In e na ional Whaling Commission. Pede son is also in ol ed in cul u al esou ce issues, including epa ia ion o human emains and a i ac s. Anne M. Walke ills he Heal h sea on he Commission. Bo n in Ko zebue, Walke ea ned he M.A. in Public Heal h Science in 1981 and became Execu i e Di ec o o he Alaska Na i e Heal h Boa d in 1990. ANSC is cu en ly adminis e ing he ollowing p ojec s: • Social T ansi ion in he No h, • Con amina ion o Subsis ence Foods Ha es , and • wo kshops on T adi ional Knowledge Sys ems in he A c ic. Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Pa icia Longley Coch an (907/786-7704; ax 907/786-7739; [email p o ec ed]). Science News Alaska Na i e Science Commission Ins alls Se en In June 1997, he Alaska Na i e Science Commission (ANSC) o icially ins alled se en commissione s a a public ecep ion in Ancho age, Alaska. ANSC was c ea ed in 1994 o b ing esea ch and science in o pa ne ship wi h Alaska’s Na i e communi y. The commu- ni y mobilized a e Sena o Mu kowski’s May 1993 keyno e add ess a he A c ic Con amina ion Con e ence e iewed decades o Cold Wa esea ch including P ojec Cha io (see Wi ness Win e 1993) and iodine expe imen s on Na i e esi- den s (see Wi ness Sp ing 1996). In ligh o Mu kowski’s alk, Alaskan Na i es esol ed o become ac i ely in ol ed in scien i ic esea ch, o become awa e and in o med o science in es iga ing Na i e li es and en i onmen , and o ensu e ha science conduc ed in Alaska occu s wi h he knowledge, coope a ion, and unde s anding o he Na i e communi y. In 1994, NSF p o ided a po ion o he unding ha es ablished ANSC. The o ganiza ion’s mission is “ o endo se and suppo esea ch ha enhances and pe pe ua es Alaska Na i e cul u es, and ensu es he p o ec ion o indigenous cul u es and in ellec ual p ope y.” Following is a b ie in oduc ion o he indi iduals who ill he se en ANSC sea s. Elaine Ab aham holds he Teache sea on he Commission. She is a esiden o Yaku a , whe e she was bo n and aised in he adi ional Tlingi manne . Ab aham has a nu sing deg ee; an M.A. in Teach- ing; and addi ional deg ees in human esou ces de elopmen , Na i e linguis ics, and an h opology. She o ganized he sou heas Alaska p og am ha became he model o he s a ewide Alaska Na i e Heal h Aide P og am, and has played a key ole in many o he ini ia i es. Be ween 1976 and 1996, Ab aham se ed as Vice- P esiden o Ru al Educa ion A ai s, Coo dina o o Na i e S uden Se ices, and Associa e P o esso a he Uni e si y o Alaska (UA). Dolo es “Dolly” Ga za holds he Scien is sea . She is Associa e P o esso o he UA Ma ine Ad iso y P og am. She has applied he knowledge o subsis ence p ac- ices, he cul u al skills and alues, and he academic aining (including a Ph.D. in Ma ine Policy) o subsis ence manage- men , ma ine mammal managemen , and ma ine sa e y wo k in wes e n and sou heas Alaska. Richa d Glenn ills he A c ic Science sea . Glenn is P esiden o he Ba ow A c ic Science Conso ium (see page 2); an ARCUS boa d membe ; and a membe o he Ilisag ik College Boa d o T us ees, he Na i e Ame ican Science Educa ion Commission, and he U.S. A c ic Resea ch Commission (see page 11). Glenn holds an M.A. in Geology om he Uni e si y o Alaska Fai banks (UAF) and has ex ensi e p o essional ield expe ience. Paul John holds he Elde ’s sea on he Commission. A Na i e o Toksook Bay, he is dis inguished by his i s -hand knowledge o na u al science om a Yup’ik wo ld iew and his e ec i e educa- ional wo k wi h bo h he young and old. John has wo ked wi h egional leade s o inco po a e local pe spec i e and wo ld iew in o managemen plans ha a ec he esou ces upon which he and his communi y depend. Osca Kawagley ills he Educa ion sea . A Na i e o Be hel whose i s language is Yup’ik, Kawagley ea ned a Ph.D. om he Uni e si y o B i ish Columbia and is now an Associa e P o esso o Educa ion a UAF. His long his o y o leade ship includes se ice as ANSC ins alled i s i s Commissione s in June 1997. They a e (second om le o igh ) Michael Pede son, Dolly Ga za, Anne Walke , and Osca Kawagley; (sea ed) Paul John and Elaine Ab aham; (missing) Richa d Glenn. They a e joined in his pho o by ( a le ) Uni e si y o Alaska Chancello Lee Go such; and ( a igh ) Alaska Fede a ion o Na i es Vice-P esiden Do o hy La son, o me NSF A c ic Social Sciences P og am Di ec o Ca ole Sey i , and ANSC Execu i e Di ec o Pa icia Longley Coch an (pho o cou esy o ANSC). 20 • e ec s o clima e change on ecosys ems. IARC esea ch p io i ies ha e jus been made a ailable o e iew (see page 22). Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Pa icia Ande son (907/474-5698; ax 907/474- 6722; [email p o ec ed]) o Gun e Welle (907/474-7371; ax 907/474-7290; [email p o ec ed]). The Na ional Oceanic and A mo- sphe ic Adminis a ion (NOAA) expec s o con inue unding i s A c ic Resea ch Ini ia i e (ARI) in 1998 a he le el o $1-1.5 million. The Coope a i e Ins i u e o A c ic Resea ch (CIFAR) a he Uni e si y o Alaska Fai banks will con inue o adminis e he p og am o NOAA (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997). CIFAR plans o elease he new announcemen o oppo uni y in Oc obe 1997. De ails o esea ch conduc ed since he Ini ia i e was launched in 1997, and u u e plans will be discussed a a mee ing in Sea le on 9-10 Oc obe 1997 (see Calenda page 23). P oposals will be due in Decembe 1997; unds will be alloca ed in Ma ch 1998. The o e all goal o he ARI is o add ess he ollowing na ional A c ic policy objec i es: • p o ec he A c ic en i onmen and conse e i s biological esou ces, • assu e ha na u al esou ce managemen and economic de elopmen a e en i onmen ally sus ainable, • s eng hen ins i u ions o in e na ional coope a ion, and • in ol e he egion’s indigenous people in decisions ha a ec hem. In iscal yea 1997, he ARI p og am ocused on he heal h o he Be ing Sea/ Wes e n A c ic ecosys em, in pa icula : (1)Na u al a iabili y o he Be ing Sea/ Wes e n A c ic ecosys em • p ocesses and ecosys em p oduc ion in he Be ing Sea g een bel ; • a mosphe e-ice p ocesses ha in luence ecosys em a iabili y; and • a mosphe ic, cloud, and bounda y- laye p ocesses. (2)An h opogenic in luences on he Be ing Sea/Wes e n A c ic ecosys em • A c ic haze, ozone, and UV lux; • con aminan sou ces, a e, and e ec s on he ecosys em. The 1998 p og am is expec ed o be somewha mo e ambi ious in objec i e and scope. In addi ion o add essing he scien i ic a eas iden i ied in 1997, he Ini ia i e will s i e o emb ace esea ch needs iden i ied in science planning o he A c ic Moni o ing and Assessmen P og am (AMAP, see page 9) and o he In e na ional A c ic Resea ch Cen e (see page 22). AMAP esea ch needs all in o h ee a eas: • moni o ing, da a collec ion, exchange o da a on he impac s and assessmen o con aminan s and hei pa hways; • inc eased UV-B adia ion due o s a osphe ic ozone deple ion; and NOAA A c ic Resea ch Ini ia i e Ex ends in o 1998 Science News The second o 18 egional wo kshops designed o colla e in o ma ion and conce ns ega ding clima e change and i s consequences o he Uni ed S a es ook place in Alaska in June 1997. The wo k- shop on Impac s o Global Change on he Wes e n A c ic/Be ing Sea Region (Mackenzie Ri e o Lena Ri e ) b ough oge he app oxima ely 100 esea che s and s akeholde s om Canada, Japan, Russia, and he Uni ed S a es. The esul ing assessmen will con ibu e o h ee la ge assessmen s: • a na ional scien i ic assessmen called o in he Global Change Resea ch Ac o 1990 and sponso ed by he U.S. Global Change Resea ch P og am (USGCRP), • a ci cum-A c ic assessmen sponso ed by he In e na ional A c ic Science Com- mi ee (see Wi ness Au umn 1996), and • a global assessmen conduc ed by he In e go e nmen al Panel on Clima e Change (IPCC). The na ional assessmen , due o be com- ple ed in 1999, will con ibu e a summa y o an icipa ed consequences o he Uni ed S a es o he global assessmen . The USGCRP was es ablished in 1989 “ o inc ease unde s anding o he Ea h sys em and, hus, p o ide a sound scien- i ic basis o na ional and in e na ional decisionmaking on global change issues.” The p og am is cu en ly ocused on: • clima e a iabili y (seasonal-in e annual); • clima e change (decades-cen u ies); • changes in ozone, UV adia ion, and a mosphe ic chemis y; and • changes in land co e and e es ial and aqua ic ecosys ems. The egional wo kshops a e designed o examine he ulne abili y o a ious egions o he Uni ed S a es o long- e m change, pa icula ly clima e a iabili y and clima e change. The wo kshops a e: • e iewing and upda ing coa se impac assessmen s compiled om p e ious wo kshops; • educa ing s akeholde s; • solici ing s akeholde s’ conce ns abou he possible impac s o global change in he egion; • de ining a esea ch agenda o u he imp o e he impac assessmen s; and • de eloping suppo o s a egies o cope wi h any ad e se impac s. A na ional o um on Clima e Change Impac s 12-13 No embe 1997 in Wash- ing on, DC will conside inpu om he se en egional assessmen s conduc ed in 1997 and ocus on iden i ying c oss- cu ing ques ions. The Wes e n A c ic/Be ing Sea wo k- shop was unded by NSF and he U.S. Depa men o he In e io as pa o he ci cum-A c ic s udy (see Wi ness Au umn 1996). Fo mo e in o ma ion, see he Be ing Sea Impac S udy (BESIS) Web si e (h p://www-cgc.ua adm.alaska.edu/ besis) o con ac Gun e Welle , Di ec o o he Cen e o Global Change and A c ic Sys em Resea ch in Fai banks, AK (907/474-7371; ax 907/474-6722; [email p o ec ed]). Fo mo e in o ma ion abou he na ional science assessmen , con ac he USGCRP Coo dina ion O ice in Washing on, DC (202/488-8650; ax 202/488-8681; egional.wo kshops@ usgc p.go ; h p://www.usgc p.go ). Regional Su eys Assess Change 21 Change and Ca ying Capaci y P og am (CCCC), Be ing Sea Impac s S udy (see Wi ness Au umn 1996), •na ional s udies—Be ing Sea Fishe ies- Oceanog aphy Coo dina ed In es iga- ions (FOCI), Sou heas Be ing Sea Ca ying Capaci y, Be ing Sea Ecosys- em S udy (see Wi ness Au umn 1996), •in e na ional s udies—PICES/GLOBEC, Japanese and Russian p og ams. All o hese p og ams ha e ield-da a collec ion componen s and a e in a posi ion o con ibu e o, and bene i om, he me ada abase. Fo mo e in o ma ion o o con ibu e da a, egis e a he Me ada abase Web si e (h p://www.pmel.noaa.go /be ing/mdb/), o con ac Be n Meg ey a NOAA/Alaska Fishe ies Science Cen e in Sea le, WA (206/526-4147; ax 206/526-6723; [email p o ec ed]) o Allen Macklin a NOAA/PMEL in Sea le (206/526- 6798; ax 206/526-6485; macklin@pmel. noaa.go ). Ci cumpola peoples ha e u ged he science communi y o conduc esea ch adhe ing o he highes s anda ds o (1) p o essional esponsibili y and (2) accoun abili y o hose a ec ed by his esea ch. Resea ch conduc ed in his manne becomes a pa o communi y de elopmen and communi y ac ion. This is in acco dance wi h IASSA’s Guiding P inciples o E hics o he Conduc o Resea ch, guidelines o de eloping esea ch pa ne ships based on he p in- ciples o in o med consen , accoun abili y, and mu ual espec . The In e na ional A c ic Social Sciences Associa ion (IASSA) has, hus, s essed he signi icance o including ep esen a i es o use communi ies in he con e ence. Sugges ions o sessions a e welcome be o e 1 Oc obe 1997, and abs ac s be o e 15 Feb ua y 1998. Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac F ank Seje sen a he IASSA Sec e a ia in Copenhagen (+45 32 88 01 67; ax +45 32 88 01 61; [email p o ec ed]). In e na ional Ac i i ies Con e ence o Focus on Cul u e, E hics, Sel -De e mina ion Fo millennia, ci cumpola socie ies ha e adap ed and esponded o en i- onmen al and social changes and shown g ea esiliency. The pace and in ensi y o his change has inc eased d ama ically du - ing he 20 h cen u y. Ci cumpola peoples ha e esponded in complica ed and a ied ways. They ha e also ini ia ed cul u al, social, and economic changes o imp o e li elihoods and c ea e new possibili ies o p esen and u u e gene a ions. Such sel -ini ia ed changes pe ade he local, na ional, and in e na ional communi ies. Changes in he Ci cumpola No h— Cul u e, E hics, and Sel -De e mina ion will be he subjec o he Thi d In e na- ional Cong ess o A c ic Social Sciences (ICASS III). The Con e ence con enes 21-23 May 1998 in Copenhagen, Denma k (see Calenda page 23). Th ee majo sessions a e planned: • Indigenous and Local Knowledge, • Social Viabili y and Cul u al Con inui y, and • Poli ical Dynamics, Go e nance, and Sel -De e mina ion. In 1996, he Na ional Resea ch Council’s Repo on he Be ing Sea Ecosys em lagged he lack o a comp ehen- si e da abase as he majo impedimen o s udying he Be ing Sea (see Wi ness Au umn 1996). To add ess his de iciency, he Na ional Oceanic and A mosphe ic Adminis a ion’s (NOAA’s) En i onmen- al Se ices Da a In o ma ion Manage- men has unded Be na d Meg ey (NOAA Alaska Fishe ies Science Cen e ) and Allen Macklin (NOAA Paci ic Ma ine En i onmen al Labo a o y) o compile a Be ing Sea Ecosys em Me ada abase. The in en o y will include physical and biological da a ha will help esea ch- e s, manage s, s uden s, ishe men, and he gene al public in es iga e and unde - s and he complex ecosys em o he Be ing Sea. Da a will be a ailable h ough a ious mechanisms, including he In e ne . Physical and biological da a ha al eady ha e been collec ed include: NOAA Funds Comp ehensi e Be ing Sea Da abase • single-poin and g idded ime se ies, • epe i i e obse a ions om ea h- o bi ing sa elli es, • ocean su eys o physical and biological oceanog aphic signi icance, • specimen collec ions, and • his o ical eco ds o animal popula ion changes. While some da a each back h ough he las cen u y, he Be ing Sea has been he subjec o much close sc u iny du ing he las wo decades by such majo esea ch p og ams as he Ou e Con inen al Shel En i onmen al Assessmen P og am (OCSEAP) and P ocesses and Resou ces o he Be ing Sea Shel (PROBES). E en mo e ecen ly, he egion’s economic and biological signi icance has p o ided impe us o he p oli e a ion o a numbe o ac i e esea ch e o s including: • egional s udies—No h Paci ic Ma ine Science O ganiza ion (PICES)/Global Ocean Ecosys ems Dynamics Resea ch (GLOBEC) In e na ional Clima e In May 1997, he In e na ional A c ic Science Commi ee (IASC) elec ed Da id J. D ew y as i s new P esiden . D ew y, a glaciologis , is Di ec o o Resea ch and Technology a he Na u al En i onmen Resea ch Council, Uni ed Kingdom. He has p e iously been Di ec o o he Sco Pola Resea ch Ins i u e and he B i ish An a c ic Su ey, bo h in he Uni ed Kingdom. Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Odd Rogne a he IASC Sec e a ia in Oslo, No way (+47-22959600; ax +47-22959601; [email p o ec ed]). New IASC Di ec o 22 In e na ional P og am in Global Change P edic ion Opens A he beginning o 1997, Japan c ea ed he F on ie P og am, o he s udy o global change p edic ion. Unde he F on ie P og am, he Japanese Go e nmen will cons uc i e esea ch cen e s— h ee in Japan and wo in he Uni ed S a es. One o he U.S. cen e s, he In e na ional Paci ic Resea ch Cen e in Hawaii, will concen a e on clima e issues in he wes e n Paci ic egion, espe- cially on he El Niño-Sou he n Oscilla ion and he Asia-Paci ic monsoon. The o he cen e , he In e na ional A c ic Resea ch Cen e (IARC), is housed a he Uni e - si y o Alaska Fai banks (UAF). These U.S.-based cen e s will be join ly planned and implemen ed by he Japanese and U.S. go e nmen s. De elopmen o he F on ie P og am ma ks he beginning o scien i ic planning o IARC ac i i ies ha will combine U.S. and Japanese A c ic esea ch esou ces and in e es s. In e na ional A c ic Resea ch Cen e IARC is designed o se e as headqua - e s in which expe s can sha e knowledge abou a a ie y o na u al phenomena ha occu in he A c ic, pa icula ly wi hin he con ex o clima e change. C ea ion o he 100,000 squa e- oo building a UAF began in 1994 wi h a p oposal om he Uni e si y o Alaska (UA) o he Japanese Go e nmen o pa icipa e in he cons uc ion and use o A c ic esea ch acili ies in Alaska (see Wi ness Sp ing 1996). This p oposal led o he cons uc ion o Building I (“I” o In e na ional) a UAF. The i s phase o he cons uc ion p ojec ook place du ing he summe o 1995; he scheduled comple ion da e is Decembe 1998. The $30 million p ojec is unded by he Go e nmen o Japan, he S a e o Alaska, he Ci y o No h Pole, UAF bond sales, and p i a e dona ions. Scien is s plan o occupy he building in ea ly 1999. Among he i s o mo e in o he building will be he Fai banks Fo ecas O ice o he Na ional Wea he Se ice; and he Geophysical Ins i u e’s Kei h B. Ma he Lib a y, A mosphe ic In e na ional Ac i i ies Science G oup, GeoDa a Cen e , and Map O ice. Japanese agencies scheduled o occupy he building include he Na ional Resea ch Ins i u e o Ea h Science and Disas e P e en ion. Ini ia i es o be add essed a he IARC will include: • A c ic Clima e, • A c ic Hyd ologic Cycle, • Global Wa ming, • A mosphe ic Compounds, • A c ic Ecosys ems, • Tec onic Haza ds in he A c ic Region, • Socio-Economic Impac s o Global Change in he A c ic, and • Middle and Uppe A mosphe e. The d a IARC Science Plan is a ailable a he Web si e lis ed below. In e na ional Adminis a ion IARC is an o ganiza ion wi hin UAF wi h i s own di ec o and in e nal UAF ad iso y commi ee. In e agency o e sigh will be ca ied ou by he IARC Imple- men a ion Commi ee (IARC-IC) which consis s o ep esen a i es om he U.S. and Japanese go e nmen agencies sponso ing esea ch a he Cen e . The IC is chai ed by Ga y B ass o he U.S. A c ic Resea ch Commission (USARC, see page 11) and Eiichi Mu o o he Japanese Science and Technology Agency (STA). A Scien i ic Ad iso y Commi ee (SAC) o Japanese, U.S., and o he in e na ional expe scien is s will se e as scien i ic ad iso s o he IARC and he IC; his commi ee will also e iew he annual science plan submi ed o he IC by he Cen e . The IARC-IC in u n epo s o he Join Council on Global Change (JC) chai ed by Bob Co ell, Assis an Di ec o o NSF’s Geosciences Di ec o a e, and Tsuyoshi Ma uyama, Di ec o o Ocean and Ea h Di ision o STA. Fo mo e in o ma ion, see he Cen e o Global Change and A c ic Sys em Resea ch Web si e (h p://www~cgc. ua adm.alaska.edu/ia c) o con ac Ga y B ass a he USARC in A ling on, VA (800/287-6722 o 703/525-0111; ax 703/525-0114; [email p o ec ed]). The lags o Japan and he Uni ed S a es moun ed high on he building’s s uc u al amewo k signi y he collabo a ion aking place, as cons uc ion p oceeds on he new In e na ional A c ic Resea ch Cen e (IARC) a he Uni e si y o Alaska Fai banks in July 1997. IARC will be physically a ached o he Geophysical Ins i u e building on he igh (pho o by Syun Akaso u). 23 A c ic Pollu ion Issues: A S a e o he A c ic En i onmen Repo . June 1997. AMAP. Oslo, No way. 188 p. (+47 22 57 36 36; ax +47 22 67 67 06; h p://www.g ida.no/amap). In e na ional Di ec o y o A c ic Social Scien is s. Ma ch 1997. NSF. Washing on, DC. 221 p. (703/306-1029; ax 703/306-0648; h p://www.ns .go ). Logis ics Recommenda ions o an Imp o ed U.S. A c ic Resea ch Capabili y. July 1997. ARCUS. Fai banks, AK. 88 p. (907/474-1600; ax 907/474-1604; [email p o ec ed]; h p://a cus.pola ne .com). NSF G an P oposal Guidelines and P oposal Fo ms Ki . Augus 1997. NSF. Washing- on, DC. (703/306-1243; ax 703/306-0280; [email p o ec ed]; h p://www.ns .go ). People and he A c ic—A P ospec us o Resea ch on he Human Dimensions o he A c ic Sys em. May 1997. ARCUS. Fai banks, AK. 75 p. Publica ions ARCUS 600 Uni e si y A enue, Sui e 1 Fai banks, Alaska 99709 USA Phone: 907/474-1600 Fax: 907/474-1604 [email p o ec ed] h p://a cus.pola ne .com Execu i e O ice Wendy K. Wa nick ARCUS is a nonp o i o ganiza ion consis ing o ins i u ions o ganized and ope a ed o educa ional, p o essional, o scien i ic pu poses. ARCUS was es ablished by i s membe ins i u ions in 1988 wi h he p ima y mission o s eng hening A c ic esea ch o mee na ional needs. ARCUS ac i i ies a e unded h ough a coope a i e ag eemen wi h NSF; by DOE, USARC, AFN; and by membe ship dues. Wi ness he A c ic is published biannually by ARCUS. Any opinions, indings, conclusions, o ecommen- da ions exp essed in his publica ion do no necessa ily e lec he iews o NSF. Submi ideas o he Sp ing 1998 newsle e by 1 Feb ua y 1998. Con ibu o s: D. Adams, K. Ahgeak, S. Akaso u, P.A. Ande son, P.M. Ande son, L. Ay es, R. Ba nha d , R.Bou ke, G. B ass, L. B igham, J. B igham-G e e, A. Ca e , P. Longley Coch an, L. Codispo i, T. DeLaca, C. El ing, N. Flande s, S. Fo man, S. Gilbe , R. Glenn, J. G ebmeie , R.Hollis e , J. Hun , F. Ko smo, M. MacC acken, A.Macklin, G. Mille , J.Mo ison, R. M ugala, N. Lane, T. Pyle, O. Rogne, K. Runciman, B. Saylo , F. Seje sen, C. Sey i , G.Sheehan, A. and S. Topkok, W. Tucke , M. Twickle , I. Vi snieks, P. Webbe , G.Welle . Managing Edi o : Wendy Wa nick Edi o /Designe : Ma y Peale Technical Suppo : Michael Sha p Copy Edi o : Diane Wallace wi .ness (wi nis) n. 1.a. One who has hea d o seen some hing. b. One who u nishes e idence. 2. Any hing ha se es as e idence; a sign. 3. An a es a ion o a ac , s a emen , o e en . —- . . 1. To be p esen a o ha e pe sonal knowledge o . 2. To p o ide o se e as e idence o . 3. To es i y o; bea wi ness. —-in . To u nish o se e as e idence; es i y. [Middle English wi nes(se), Old English wi nes, wi ness, knowledge, om wi , knowledge, wi .] Sep embe 24-27, 1997 48 h Annual AAAS A c ic Science Con e ence. Valdez, Alaska. Con ac Linda Ba ke a he Uni e si y o Alaska Fai banks (907/474-7531; ax 907/ 474-5863; [email p o ec ed]). Oc obe 9-10, 1997 A c ic Resea ch Ini ia i e (ARI) Mee ing. Sea le, Washing on. Na ional Oceanic and A mosphe ic Adminis a ion (NOAA). Con ac Pa icia A. Ande son a he Coope a i e Ins i u e o A c ic Resea ch (CIFAR) in Fai banks, Alaska (907/474-5698; ax 907/474-6722; [email p o ec ed]). Oc obe 27-31, 1997 Fi s In e na ional Con e ence on Re-Analyses. Sil e Sp ing, Ma yland. Con ac he In e na ional GEWEX P ojec O ice in Sil e Sp ing, Ma yland (301/427-2089 ex . 33; ax 301/427-2222; [email p o ec ed]). No embe 3-6, 1997 Con e ence on Pola P ocesses and Global Clima e. O cas Island, Washing on. A c ic Clima e Sys em S udy (ACSYS) o he WCRP. Con ac To dis Villinge in Oslo, No way (+47 22 95 73; ax +47 22 95 96 01; [email p o ec ed]). No embe 7-8, 1997 Communi y De elopmen F om he Inside Ou . Calga y, Albe a, Canada. Con ac Heidi Hoe nig a No he n Planning and De elopmen S udies, The A c ic Ins i u e o No h Ame ica, Uni e si y o Calga y (403/220-4051; ax 403/282- 4609; [email p o ec ed]). No embe 10-12, 1997 S udy o A c ic Change. Sea le, Washing on. A c ic Sys ems Science (ARCSS) sec ion o he NSF O ice o Pola P og ams. Con ac Peggy Ha man a he Pola Science Cen e in Sea le (206/543-6613; ax 206/543-3521; [email p o ec ed]) and copy Jamie Mo ison (206/543-1394; ax 206/543- 3521; [email p o ec ed]). No embe 15-16, 1997 OAII Science S ee ing Commi ee Fall Mee ing (open o he communi y, ou side o he execu i e session pe iods). Knox ille, Tennessee. See he OAII Web si e (h p://www.a css-oaii.ccpo.odu.edu) o con ac Jackie G ebmeie (423/974-2592; ax 423/974-3067; [email p o ec ed]). Decembe 8-12, 1997 The Ame ican Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Mee ing. San F ancisco, Cali o nia. Con ac AGU Mee ings Depa men (202/462-6910, ex . 291 o 800/966-2481; ax 202/328-0566; [email p o ec ed]; h p://www.agu.o g). Ap il 19-23, 1998 Pas Global Changes and Thei Signi icance o he Fu u e. London, England. Con ac F ank Old ield, Execu i e Di ec o , a he IGBP PAGES In e na- ional P ojec O ice in Be n, Swi ze land (+41 31 312 3133; ax +41 31 312 3168; [email p o ec ed]; h p://www.pages.unibe.ch/pages.h ml). May 21-23, 1998 Changes in he Ci cumpola No h: Cul u e, E hics and Sel - De e mina ion. Copenhagen, Denma k. Thi d In e na ional Cong ess o A c ic Social Sciences (ICASS III). Con ac F ank Seje sen a he IASSA Sec e a ia in Copenhagen (+45 32 88 01 67; ax +45 32 88 01 61; [email p o ec ed]). Check he ARCUS Web si e Calenda (h p://a cus.pola ne .com) o mo e... Publica ions Calenda 24 A No e om he P esiden Non-P o i O g. U.S. Pos age PAID Pe mi No. 99 Fai banks, AK P in ed on Recycled Pape A c ic Resea ch Conso ium o he Uni ed S a es 600 Uni e si y A enue, Sui e 1 Fai banks, AK 99709 USA Inside Fea u e 1 ARCSS P og am Upda es 3 NSF News 7 U.S. A c ic Resea ch Commission11 Pola Resea ch Boa d 11 Capi ol Upda es 12 A c ic Policy News 13 Science News 14 In e na ional Ac i i ies 21 Calenda & Publica ions 23 Some yea s ago, I was doing esea ch a he Na ional A chi es in Washing on, DC. As I was wai ing o my ma e ial, I s uck up a con e sa ion wi h he pe son s anding in on o me. He asked abou my opic. I old him ha i was ede al policy owa d p e-Wo ld Wa II A c ic Alaska. “My,” he said, “wha an obscu e opic.” Wi hin ARCUS, we equen ly discuss how o aise he na ional policy p o ile o A c ic esea ch. All oo o en, we hea ha i is an obscu e opic. Public unding o science canno be buil en i ely on he logic o scien i ic disco e y. Publicly unded science mus —a leas occasionally —show esul s ha he public can unde - s and. Examples come h ough he news o exis ing disco e ies ha cap u e public a en ion. One is emp ed o seek such a en ion o A c ic esea ch. One can spend conside able ime ying o igu e ou wha s o ies will cap u e he media’s imagina ion. The dange is, howe e , in c ea ing sensa ional s o ies buil on shaky science. Examples ha e a isen whe e he p obabili- ies associa ed wi h each link in a chain o a gumen make he conclusions—and he newswo hy s o y— hin. The weakes link can be be ween media in e es and ac ual impo ance o people’s li es. Do we eally need o know ha li e migh —migh — ha e exis ed on Ma s a he han such hings as whe he ou plane will be able o suppo li e in he u u e? Publici y can di ec in es iga ions owa d u he hin esul s a he han s eng hening less in e es ing links. Mos obus esul s equi e yeoman se ice o scien i ic wo k. Science is an accumula ion o knowledge buil -up o e gene a ions. GISP2 has been an excellen example o pola esea ch ha can d aw public a en ion, bu do so on a ame o solid science. In u h, he A c ic science communi y will no ind many oppo uni- ies like he G eenland Ice Shee . In e es - ing esul s ake a g ea e wo k. Each link in he chain needs o be suppo ed. Mos in he scien i ic communi y, and many in he p ess, unde s and he need o bo h exci ing esul s and obscu e bu essen ial wo k. We can ne e know be o ehand wha we need o know. Conce n a ises when go e nmen o i- cials, om sena o s o p og am manage s, alk abou he need o exci ing esul s. A c ic esea ch needs o ollow he logic o scien i ic disco e y. Decisionmake s need o see he impo ance o no mal science— e en when i seems expensi e bu obscu e. The con inuing end is owa d in e - disciplina y esea ch wi hin he A c ic, esea ch ha can a leas d aw immedia e connec ions o la ge sys ems and, possibly, human a ai s. We can show he ex ao dina y in he no mal. ARCSS Add esses Au umn 1997 Published by he A c ic Resea ch Conso ium o he Uni ed S a es • 600 Uni e si y A enue • Sui e 1 • Fai banks, AK 99709 ARCSS Commi ee Jack K use, Chai Ins i u e o Social and Economic Resea ch Uni e si y o Alaska Ancho age 117 N. Le e e Road Le e e , MA 01054 Phone: 413/367-2240 • Fax: 413/367-0092 [email p o ec ed] OAII Rep esen a i es Knu Aagaa d, ARCSS PI Pola Science Cen e -APL Uni e si y o Washing on 1013 NE 40 h S ee Sea le, WA 98105-6698 Phone: 206/543-8942 • Fax: 206/543-3521 [email p o ec ed] John Wea he ly, Non-ARCSS Resea che Clima e and Global Dynamics Di ision Na ional Co po a ion o A mosphe ic Resea ch PO Box 3000 Boulde , CO 80307-3000 Phone: 303/497-1706 • Fax: 303/497-1348 [email p o ec ed] James P. Ba y, Al e na e Mon e ey Bay Aqua ium Resea ch Ins i u e PO Box 628 7700 Sandhold Road Moss Landing, CA 95039 Phone: 408/775-1726 • Fax: 408/775-1620 [email p o ec ed] LAII Rep esen a i es John E. Hobbie, ARCSS PI The Ecosys ems Cen e Ma ine Biological Labo a o y 167 Wa e S ee Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone: 508/548-6704 • Fax: 508/457-1548 [email p o ec ed] Da id R. Klein, Non-ARCSS Resea che Alaska Coope a i e Fish and Wildli e Resea ch Uni Uni e si y o Alaska Fai banks 209 I ing I Building PO Box 757020 Fai banks, AK 99775-7020 Phone: 907/474-6674 • Fax: 907/474-6967 [email p o ec ed] Pa ick J. Webbe , Al e na e Depa men o Bo any and Plan Pa hology Michigan S a e Uni e si y 100 N. Kedzie Hall Eas Lansing, MI 48824-1031 Phone: 517/355-1284 • Fax: 517/432-2150 [email p o ec ed] GISP2 Rep esen a i es Deb a Meese, ARCSS PI Cold Regions Resea ch and Enginee ing Labo a o y 72 Lyme Road Hano e , NH 03755-1290 Phone: 603/646-4594 • Fax: 603/646-4644 [email p o ec ed] Lloyd D. Keigwin, Non-ARCSS Resea che Depa men o Geology and Geophysics Woods Hole Oceanog aphic Ins i u ion McLean Labo a o y, M/S 8 360 Woods Hole Road Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone: 508/289-2784 • Fax: 508/457-2183 [email p o ec ed] PALE Rep esen a i es Pa icia M. Ande son, ARCSS PI Qua e na y Resea ch Cen e Uni e si y o Washing on PO Box 351360 19 Johnson Hall Sea le, WA 98195-1360 Phone: 206/543-0569 • Fax: 206/543-3836 [email p o ec ed] Da ell S. Kau man, Non-ARCSS Resea che Depa men o Geology U ah S a e Uni e si y Logan, UT 84322-4505 Phone: 801/797-2813 • Fax: 801/797-1588 [email p o ec ed] HARC Rep esen a i es Susan A. Kaplan, ARCSS PI Associa e Dean o Academic A ai s Bowdoin College 5800 College S a ion B unswick, ME 04011-8449 Phone: 207/725-3290 • Fax: 207/725-3499 [email p o ec ed] Leslie A. King En i onmen al S udies Uni e si y o Ve mon 150 S. 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S ua (Te y) Chapin, Co-chai Depa men o In eg a i e Biology Uni e si y o Cali o nia Valley Li e Sciences Building, Room 3060 Be keley, CA 94720-3140 Phone: 510/642-1003 • Fax: 510/643-6264 [email p o ec ed] Amanda Lynch, Co-chai Coope a i e Ins i u e o Resea ch in En i onmen al Sciences/PAOS Uni e si y o Colo ado Campus Box 216 Boulde , CO 80309-0216 Phone: 303/492-5847 • Fax: 303/492-1149 [email p o ec ed] Da a Managemen Rep esen a i e Ma hew C oss Coope a i e Ins i u e o Resea ch in En i onmen al Sciences Na ional Snow and Ice Da a Cen e Uni e si y o Colo ado Campus Box 449 Boulde , CO 80309-0449 Phone: 303/492-5532 • Fax: 303/492-2468 [email p o ec ed] ARCUS Boa d Liaison Nicholas E. 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