Arctic Environment Research Center
About us
The Arctic Environment Research Center (AERC) was established in June 1990 at the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) to promote sea ice study, oceanography, marine ecology, terrestrial ecology, atmospheric science, glaciology, and upper atmospheric science.
AERC is gathering and providing information on Arctic observation and arranging cooperative use of Arctic observation facilities.
- 10.18.2023 Press release: Enhancing the Safety and Efficacy of Drone Flights in Polar Regions
- 6.26.2023 Press release: Plant life determines soil bacteria diversity in the Arctic tundra
- 5.8.2023 Professor Yutaka Kondo, Project Professor at National Institute of Polar Research awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure
- 1.17.2023 International Interdisciplinary Workshop “Rapid Arctic Warming and Its Impact on Indigenous Peoples and Other Communities”
- 11.18.2022 Press release: Testing Out a New Ceilometer that Can Distinguish Between Ice and Liquid Clouds
- 10.31.2022 Press release: Using Small Drones to Measure Wind Speeds in the Polar Regions
- 8.30.2022 Press release: Getting to The Bottom of The Arctic Sea Ice Decline: Investigation of Heat Movement near The North Pole and Under the Arctic Sea Ice
- 4.4.2022 Press release: Humans and nature responsible for mid-20th century Arctic temperature changes
- 4.4.2022 Press release: Melting Arctic glaciers see drop in fungi biodiversity
- 7.1.2022 Press release: Low-Cost Drone Offers Opportunity to Expand Data Acquisition Coverage in Polar Regions
- 18.12.2021 Press release: First standardization of black carbon measurements in the Arctic
- 13.11.2021 Press release: Researchers track changes in Greenland ice core dust over the past 100 years
- 30.9.2021 Press release: How Do Higher Waves Cause More Ice Clouds? Research Expedition into Arctic Sea Explains
- 30.9.2021 NIPR contributed to the 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM3), which was held in Tokyo, Japan, for the first time in Asia.
- 9.4.2021 Polar Science ArCS special issue is published
- 17.3.2021 Two new websites released: Arctic Environmental Information Website and Arctic Sea Ice Information Center
- 27.1.2021 Press release: Arctic Ocean Expedition Advances Climate Modeling
- 21.12.2020 Press Release: Delayed Arctic ice advance tracked back to atmospheric conditions near Alaska months prior ~Unusual conditions in 2018 analyzed to improve Arctic sea ice forecast~
- 13.10.2020 Press release: Arctic weather observations can improve hurricane track forecast accuracy
- 19.03.2020 Synthesis Report of GRENE Arctic Climate Change Research Project is issued.
- 13.05.2019 Program for Overseas Visits by Young Researchers for 2019 2nd recruitment period May 21 to June 27, 2019
- 03.08.2018 Arctic cyclone limits the time-scale of precise sea-ice prediction in Northern Sea Route?
- 30.07.2018 ADS planned system outage notification
- 26.07.2018 Website renewal notice - Arctic Data archive System (ADS)
- 27.06.2018 ADS down since 25th June due to system failure (Restored: July 2)
- 18.05.2018 A plant pathogen affects carbon dynamics in the Arctic ecosystem
- 16.12.2015 Join the ArCS e-mail newsletter!
- 05.10.2015 The ArCS (Arctic Challenge for Sustainability) website has opened.
- Japan-Russia Workshop on Arctic Research was held.
- ASSW2015 3rd Circular, Call for Abstracts and Registration is now open!!
- Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core
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