Arctic Research Plan FY2017-2021.
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2016Corporate Author
Inter-Agency Arctic Research Policy Committee
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84pp.
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The United States is an Arctic nation—Americans depend on the Arctic for biodiversity and climate
regulation and for natural resources. America’s Arctic—Alaska—is at the forefront of rapid climate,
environmental, and socio-economic changes that are testing the resilience and sustainability of
communities and ecosystems. Research to increase fundamental understanding of these changes is
needed to inform sound, science-based decision- and policy-making and to develop appropriate
solutions for Alaska and the Arctic region as a whole.
Created by an Act of Congress1 in 1984, and since 2010 a subcommittee of the National Science and
Technology Council (NSTC) in the Executive Office of the President, the Interagency Arctic Research
Policy Committee (IARPC) plays a critical role in advancing scientific knowledge and understanding of the
changing Arctic and its impacts far beyond the boundaries of the Arctic. Comprising 14 Federal agencies,
offices, and departments, IARPC is responsib.....
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Office of Science and TechnologyWashington D.C..
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enEssential Ocean Variables (EOV)
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Arctic RegionAlaska
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Inter-Agency Arctic Research Policy Committee (2016) Arctic Research Plan FY2017-2021. Washington D.C, Office of Science and Technology, 84pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1654Collections
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