INTERAGENCY ARCTIC RESEARCH POLICY COMMITTEE Brendan P. Kelly Assistant Director for Polar Sciences Office of Science and Technology Policy
Premise: Rapid changes in climate are altering ice and snow cover Consequences for: Arctic ecosystems, Indigenous societies, and Global climate.
Sea ice and marine ecosystem Land ice & terrestrial ecosystem Atmospheric processes Arctic Observation Network Regional Modeling Community sustainability Human health and well-being
Workshop to Develop A Conceptual Model of the Arctic Marine Ecosystem 20 synthetic thinkers Conceptual model of current ecosystem Hypotheses about likely change Inform coordinated and joint solicitations: NSF, NPRB, ONR, NASA, NOAA, BOEM, industry