IASC Networks
research program investigating the most important
Addressing a main recommendation of the
questions currently associated with understanding
2006/2007 Review and Strategy Group, IASC
circum-Arctic lithosphere evolution.
Council decided that ongoing IASC Projects
would be finalized in 2007, but given the opportunity to re-apply as IASC Networks. Networks
are IASC-endorsed, thematic groups with a specific scientific mission enhanced by affiliation
with IASC. IASC networks are international, address specific scientific issues on a circum-arctic
scale and strive to involve early career scien-
Arctic Climate System Network
(ACSNet)
Year of approval: 2011
The ACSNet aims, through the coordination and
networking of existing or emerging fieldwork, to
implement an intensive cross-disciplinary study of
tists.
the role of the polar seas in climate.
Network on Arctic Glaciology
(NAG)
Year of approval: 2007
Palaeo-Arctic Spatial and Temporal
Gateways (PAST Gateways)
Year of approval: 2012 (2007 for APEX)
The NAG, formed out of the MAGICS Project (see
above), aims to address rapid change in arctic ice
masses by initiating scientific programs and facilitating international cooperation between glaciologists and climate modelers in order to develop an
understanding of arctic land ice and its role in global
The scientific goal of PAST Gateways is to
understand Arctic environmental change during the
period preceding instrumental records and across
decadal to millennial timescales. It builds on the
former IASC Network Arctic Palaeoclimate and its
Extremes (APEX).
climatic and environmental change.
Polar Archaeology Network (PAN)
Year of approval: 2010
The PAN, encompassing Arctic, Subarctic, and Subantarctic archaeology, is a forum to meet the need
for addressing scientific issues, research policies,
education, public outreach, cultural heritage and
other questions relating to archaeology and early
history of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Arctic Coastal Dynamics (ACD)
Year of approval: 2007
Arctic in Rapid Transitions (ART)
Year of approval: 2013
ART is an initiative developed by early career scientists as a continuation of the ICARP II Marine
Roundtable, an initiative of the AOSB, now the
Marine Working Group of the IASC. ART aims at
studying the impact of environmental changes on
the Arctic marine ecosystem, focussing on bridging
across time-scales, by incorporating paleo-studies
with modern observations and modeling.
The ACD Network is the continuation of the former
Arctic Freshwater Synthesis (AFS)
Year of approval: 2013
ACD Project (see above).
AFS is conducting a scientific synthesis that
focuses on the various Arctic freshwater sources,
fluxes, storage and effects. The range of sources
Circum-Arctic Lithosphere Evolution
(CALE)
Year of approval: 2010
and fluxes to be assessed include: atmospheric va-
CALE is a multinational and multi-disciplinary
ablation and marine (low-salinity water) exchanges.
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pour transport, precipitation-evaporation, river flow,
ablation of glaciers and ice caps, sea ice formation/