Research Projects
While maintining an interest in facilitating the effectiveness of arctic science in all fields, IASC selects programmes for direct action. Priority is given to achieving research output within an agreed period of time, e.g.
- Arctic coastal biodiversity and coastal dynamics;
- Arctic hydrology;
- human-caribou/reindeer grazing systems;
- environmental data gathering (CEON);
- effects of Arctic environmental contaminants on human health;
- biodiversity in Arctic and alpine ecosystems;
- Arctic glaciology;
- land-ocean interactions in the Russian Arctic;
- Arctic marine transport routes;
- mapping Arctic sediment thickness;
- nutrition and health of indigenous people in Arctic countries; and
- changes in the tundra/taiga boundary.
IASC gives priority to interdisciplinary projects relevant to Arctic science issues which require international cooperation. This is archived by
- framing issues in thematic terms;
- bringing together the physical, biological and social sciences;
- strengthening the dialogue between science and policy;
- addressing the concerns of those who live in the Arctic.
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