International Arctic Science Committee
- International Arctic Science Committee
The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) is a non-governmental organization which is composed of international science groups participating in arctic science research.
Current member countries include: Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Republic of Korea, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
Research projects as of 2005 involve assessing: Arctic coastal biodiversity and coastal dynamics; Arctic hydrology; human-caribou/reindeer grazing systems; environmental data gathering ( [http://www.ceoninfo.org CEON] ); effects of Arctic environmental contaminants on human health; biodiversity in Arctic and alpine ecosystems; Arctic glaciology; land-ocean interactions in the Russian Arctic; Arctic marine transport routes; mapping Arctic sediment thickness; nutrition and health of indigenous people in Arctic countries; and changes in the tundra/taiga boundary.
ee also
*Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
*Arctic Council
External links
* [http://www.iasc.no IASC]
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