Arctic Research of the United States articles from March 22 1998

Arctic Research of the United States archives from March 22 1998

National Science Foundation.
March 22, 1998... National Science Foundation research is concerned with the entire Arctic region, including Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Svalbard, the Arctic Ocean, and adjacent seas, the upper atmosphere and near space. Research falls principally within eight...

Department of the Interior: the Department of the Interior performs biological and physical research; conducts mapping, monitoring and assessment programs throughout Alaska and its offshore regions; and manages Department lands in Alaska. These activities are performed by services or bureaus, each with administrative and technical offices located in Alaska.
March 22, 1998... Minerals Management Service The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has the statutory responsibilities to manage the mineral resources located on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in an environmentally sound and safe manner and to...

Department of Defense: the Department of Defense continues to operate and maintain facilities in the Arctic. To support these operations, the DOD conducts a broad-based Arctic research program. The Arctic program is conducted by all three services and extends from the ocean floor to the magnetosphere.
March 22, 1998... Although overall funding for Arctic research within the Department of Defense (DoD) has decreased since the end of the Cold War, the Department still has active interest in the Arctic. Specific DoD objectives for Arctic research include (but...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration: as part of its Office of Earth Science, NASA supports various research programs in the Arctic that emphasize applications of airborne and space remote sensing to studies of the earth and space sciences. This issue focuses primarily on NASA's Program for Regional Arctic Climate Assessment.
March 22, 1998... NASA's Program for Regional Arctic Climate Assessment (PARCA) was formally initiated in 1995 by combining into one coordinated program various investigations associated with efforts, started in 1991, to assess whether airborne laser altimetry...

Department of Commerce: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
March 22, 1998... NOAA performs research in the high-latitude regions of the planet in connection with its environmental assessment, monitoring and prediction responsibilities. Individual research programs focus on scientific questions addressing the Arctic...

Department of Agriculture: the Department of Agriculture supports and conducts research to improve understanding, use and management of renewable resources at high latitudes. Research is directed toward solving problems in agriculture, forestry and the environment and improving technology for enhancing the economic well-being and quality of life for Alaskans.
March 22, 1998... Forest Service The northern boreal forest of Alaska--the taiga--lies in the zone of discontinuous permafrost. The more than 100 million acres of Alaska's northern boreal forest is a heterogeneous mix of warm, productive sites supporting...

Department of Energy.
March 22, 1998... The Department of Energy has responsibility for providing for the long-term energy security of the United States. To carry out this responsibility, DOE's Arctic activities support the DOE mission by expanding our understanding for predicting...

Department of Health and Human Services: the Department of Health and Human Services supports and conducts Arctic health research through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health.
March 22, 1998... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Arctic research programs of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are conducted by the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), the National Center for Environmental Health,...

Smithsonian Institution: the Smithsonian Institution's mission in Alaska is primarily carried out through the Arctic Studies Center, which opened an office in Alaska in 1993 and which has produced a wide range of programs serving both the northern research community and Native interests.
March 22, 1998... The Arctic Studies Center (ASC) was created by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) in 1988 to promote the study of Arctic peoples, cultures and environments. Building on 150 years of Smithsonian Arctic exploration and...

Environmental Protection Agency: the Environmental Protection Agency's Arctic research focuses on ecosystem protection, primarily in the areas of contamination, global climate change, risk assessment and environmental technology.
March 22, 1998... The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Arctic research is designed to protect the region's environment and to minimize environmentally related human health impacts. The EPA is pursuing specific research foci such as environmental...

Department of Transportation.
March 22, 1998... DOT supports Arctic research through the U.S. Coast Guard and the Federal Highway Administration. The U.S. Coast Guard operates polar icebreakers as national polar research assets for Arctic oceanographic expeditions of both government and...

Department of State.
March 22, 1998... During FY 96 and 97 the Department of State continued its involvement in multilateral and bilateral activities related to environmental protection and scientific research in the Arctic. The most significant of these were participation in the...

Seventh Biennial Report of the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee to the Congress: February 1, 1996, to January 31, 1998.
March 22, 1998... Background Section 108(b) of Public Law 98-373, as amended by Public Law 101-609, the Arctic Research and Policy Act, directs the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) to submit to Congress, through the President, a biennial...

Appendix A: Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee responses recommendations of the Arctic Research Commission.
March 22, 1998... Section 108(b)(2) of Public Law 98-373, as amended by Public Law 101-609, directs the IARPC to submit to Congress, through the President, as part of its biennial report, a statement "dealing with particularity the recommendations of the Arctic...

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee.(Report of Meeting)
March 22, 1998... 14th Meeting: June 3, 1997 Dr. Neal Lane, Director of the National Science Foundation and Chair of IARPC, convened the meeting at the National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia. Dr. Lane reviewed recent accomplishments of the IARPC,...