The Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC) Announces SMO and
Online Workshops
The web site for the Science Management Office (SMO) for the National
Science Foundation's Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC)
research initiative is now online at:
http://www.arcus.org/harc/index.html
Join the first HARC online workshop to discuss impacts of changing
arctic weather: 5-9 November 2001 moderated by John Walsh and Henry
Huntington.
Visit the HARC web site or contact Henry Huntington at hph [at] alaska.net or
phone: 907/696-3564 for more information.
The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) is hosting a Science
Management Office (SMO), directed by Henry Huntington, to support
development of the Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC)
initiative. The SMO coordinates research planning and distributes
information about the HARC initiative to the arctic research community
to help stimulate the development of HARC proposals. HARC is part of the
Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program and supports research that
examines the ways in which humans affect and are affected by the arctic
system.
The HARC SMO web site is at: http://www.arcus.org/harc/index.html
Through this web site and three planned online workshops, the SMO hopes
to familiarize the broad community of arctic researchers with the
objectives of HARC and to facilitate professional collaborations that
will lead to proposals to the HARC initiative.
The first online workshop for the HARC initiative, "Arctic Weather:
Implications of changing weather patterns in the Arctic" will take place
5-9 November 2001. John Walsh and Henry Huntington will be moderating
discussions through a forum and will synthesize materials from the
discussions following the online workshop. Please register and learn
more about this and the following two online workshops at the HARC web
site.
The HARC web site contains information about the HARC initiative,
currently funded projects, relevant web links, and three online
workshops planned for fall 2001 to discuss current research and social
implications of changes in arctic weather, northern treeline, and sea
ice. These workshops will be open to anyone who wishes to take part.
Workshop announcements and information will be disseminated through the
HARC web site, Arctic Info, and other email distribution lists. We
expect that the web workshops will foster creative discussions across
national, cultural, and disciplinary boundaries, bringing expertise from
many perspectives to bear on the critical research questions HARC was
developed to address.
Please visit the HARC web site at http://www.arcus.org/harc/index.html
for more information about HARC and the online workshops or contact
Henry P. Huntington in Eagle River, Alaska (phone: 907/696-3564; fax:
907/696-3565; email: hph [at] alaska.net).