TheInternational Arctic Research Center, orIARC, established in 1999,[1] is a research institution focused on integrating and coordinating study ofClimate change in the Arctic. The primary partners in IARC areJapan and theUnited States. Participants include organizations fromCanada,China,Denmark,Germany, Japan,Norway,Russia, theUnited Kingdom, and the United States.
The center is located at theUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks, in theSyun-Ichi Akasofu Building. TheKeith B. Mather Library is the science library housed in the Akasofu Building, serving IARC and theGeophysical Institute of UAF. The building also houses the UAF atmospheric sciences department, the Center for Global Change and the Fairbanks forecast office of theNational Weather Service.
Study projects are focused within four major themes:
IARC is devoting specific effort to answering the following three questions:
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