Arctic Data Center

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for the PDG webinar “A Multiscale Vision Transformer-Based Multimodal GeoAI Model for Mapping Arctic Permafrost Thaw” with Wenwen Li! It starts at 9 AM AKT on July 31st. Link for more info and zoom 🔗 arcticdata.io/catalog/port...

Promotion for PSECCO sessions at AGU25 with abstracts due by July 30th, 2025.  Sunrise over sea ice is pictured in the background; photo credit: Lianna Nixon.

Join PSECCO at the AGU meeting this fall for co-sponsored sessions 'C012: Early career priorities for the International Polar Year' and 'C025: Making Cryosphere Fieldwork Safe, Enjoyable, and Welcoming for All'. Abstracts are due Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 23:59 EDT/03:59 UTC. #agu25

Promo for “Polar Careers Outside Academia Panel” hosted by PSECCO on August 7, 2025, for early career researchers. Snowy polar landscape in the background.

Are you an early career researcher interested in career pathways outside of the classic academic route? PSECCO is bringing together four panelists to discuss their varied career pathways on August 7th from 10am to 11am MT. Learn more about this event and how to register at the link below!

Glacial ice on top of boulders behind a small puddle. Photo title overlaid “Balanced Growler in a Still Moment of Reflection” taken by Gilbert Sappho.

 The deadline for this year’s PSECCO photo contest is fast approaching! Check out the second place photo from the last PSECCO photo contest by Gilbert Sappho. Photo submissions are due by July 31st, 2025.

Check out our new dataset highlight featuring Melissa Ward Jones' work exploring permafrost coastline erosion dynamics at one of the most rapidly eroding coastlines in the Arctic 🌊🤩 arcticdata.io/all/news/202...

📣 Upcoming Webinar: Semantic Enrichment and LLM-Driven Analytics to the Mindat Open Data Portal

Cyber2A and the Permafrost Discovery Gateway (PDG) invite you to join our upcoming webinar featuring Dr. Xiaogang Ma on August 18th, 2025 from 10-11am PDT

Register Here
cyber2a.github.io/webinar-regi...

Today is the final day to apply to the 2025 Cyber2A Workshop!

Our July Collaborator Highlight features the NSF Cyber2A Project, which aims to expand the Arctic-AI research network through training materials, webinars, and in-person workshops. Applications for this year's workshop close July 14th. Read more about the project here: arcticdata.io/all/news/202...

Join us on July 3, 2025 at 9 AM AKT for the Permafrost Discovery Gateway's upcoming webinar with Dr. Chunli Dai! She'll unpack an analysis of retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) across the Arctic using high-resolution ArcticDEM data + deep learning! For more details 🔗: arcticdata.io/catalog/port...

📢 Application DEADLINE EXTENDED for October 2025 Scaling Impact: Co-Creating a Shared Framework for Teaching AI and Machine Learning with Applications in Arctic Research workshop. Learn more about the workshop and submit your application by July 14th here: forms.gle/a3TQ9QeoqocT...

Abstract submissions are now open for #AGU25! Please consider submitting abstracts to the two sessions being led by the NNA-CO: sessions C008 and ED005, full titles in the graphic below. Deadline to submit is July 30, 2025 (23:59 EDT). Abstracts can be submitted here: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

Collaborating with the Permafrost Discovery Gateway has been a rewarding experience! A key contributor to several datasets, Elias Manos recently shared more details about what working with the portal has been like. Read more in our latest dataset highlight 🔗 arcticdata.io/all/news/202...

Applications close in 1 week for our 2025 AI/ML Curriculum Development workshop! Apply today! 🤩

📣🍎 Applications are open until June 30th for the NSF AI/ML Curriculum Development Workshop (Cyber2A). Read more about the workshop and apply at the link in our latest blog post: arcticdata.io/all/news/202...

Our first Collaborator Highlight features the Permafrost Discovery Gateway, an interactive data visualization platform hosted by the Arctic Data Center that focuses on permafrost coverage and thaw across the Arctic. Read more here: arcticdata.io/all/news/202...

📣❄️ Applications are now OPEN for the October 2025 Scaling Impact: Co-Creating a Shared Framework for Teaching AI and Machine Learning with Applications in Arctic Research workshop. Learn more about the workshop and submit your application by June 30th here: forms.gle/a3TQ9QeoqocT...

📢 2025 Delta Synthesis Working Group Applications are OPEN!

NCEAS and the @deltacouncil.bsky.social are seeking...
1️⃣ Synthesis ideas using existing Bay-Delta data
2️⃣ Participants for a Fall 2025 working group

🗓️ Priority by June 23

🔗: deltacouncil.ca.gov/delta-scienc...

#SynthesisScience

For more information, please visit their upcoming events: arcticdata.io/catalog/port...

Join the PDG tomorrow, May 29, at 9:00 AM AKT for a webinar with Elias Manos and Chandi Witharana! They’ll explore how permafrost thaw is threatening Arctic infrastructure and how AI and satellite imagery can help fill critical data gaps to better track and plan for these risks. Don't miss it! 🌐

🔍❄️ Working with a large (~>0.5 TB) model and interested in submitting your data to the Arctic Data Center? Take a look at our updated Large Model Output Policy on our blog for more information on our process: arcticdata.io/all/news/202...

Our new Dataset Highlight features Taylor Saunders' collaborative work studying the influence of goose herbivory on litter decomposition in the Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta in Alaska! 🌱❄️ Read more here: arcticdata.io/all/news/202...

Arctic plants react unexpectedly to climate change, study says Rapid climate change is upending plant communities in the Arctic, with species flourishing in some areas and declining in others, according to a new study in

🌱 A team of 54 researchers, including Sarah Elmendorf, analyzed more than 42,000 field records of Arctic plant communities over a span of 41 years. Their insights are essential to understanding how Arctic environments are changing in the modern era www.colorado.edu/instaar/2025...

We held the Scalable and Computationally Reproducible Approaches to Arctic Research training from April 7-11th, 2025 for 19 Arctic researchers from across the globe. Our latest blog post highlights the participants, instructors, and curriculum from the workshop. arcticdata.io/all/news/202...

Survey on Recent Policies Impacting U.S. Arctic Research The Arctic research community is experiencing significant impacts from recent U.S. policy actions, affecting funding, careers, international collaboration, and long-term U.S. Arctic research capacity....

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) put together an anonymous survey to better understand the challenges faced by Arctic researchers under the current U.S. landscape to determine how to best support researchers. Complete the survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🔎 Have you ever wondered where we post announcements at the Arctic Data Center? Check out the homepage of our website (arcticdata.io) to see new announcements, dataset highlights, and a list of the newest datasets held at the ADC!

❄️ Our community engagement coordinators attended Arctic Science Summit Week last month and recount their experience presenting and learning at the conference in our new blog post here: arcticdata.io/all/news/202...

Developing a clearer understanding of permafrost thaw risk in Alaska - Alaska Native News Researchers developed a method that uses high-resolution satellite imagery and deep machine learning to double the mapped infrastructure of Alaska and more accurately project economic risks associated...

Alaska Native News covered more on this research on permafrost thaw and infrastructure risk in their latest release, “Developing a clearer understanding of permafrost thaw risk in Alaska.” Read more: 🔗 alaska-native-news.com/developing-a...

News from Permafrost Discovery Gateway! 🧊 A new paper by Manos, Witharana & Liljedahl finds Alaska’s infrastructure damage costs from permafrost thaw could double under medium & high emissions. Read more: 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

We held our yearly *virtual* data science training this past February: Reproducible Approaches to Arctic Research Using R. Read highlights from the course in our latest blog post! arcticdata.io/all/news/202...

🗺️🧊 Detailed infrastructure maps are critical to inform economic risk analyses related to permafrost thaw in the Arctic. Check out the new Permafrost Discovery Gateway portal layer and dataset on enhanced infrastructure mapping in Alaska. Scan the QR codes on the attached flyer to explore more!