Study of Environmental Arctic Change
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Study of Environmental ARctic CHange (SEARCH) is an interdisciplinary, multiscale program at the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. It is a focused, vertically structured organization through which government agencies can study the newest data collected on Arctic
changes.
Eight U.S. federal agencies participate in SEARCH, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
and Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS). A variety of programs also support SEARCH, including the Arctic Observation Network-Social Indicator Project (AON-SIP).
One of the core aims of SEARCH is to understand Unaami (Yup'ik
, "tomorrow"), defined by the program as "the recent and ongoing decadal (e.g. 3-50 year), complex of interrelated pan-arctic changes".
SEARCH is a national program under the International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC).
Arctic
The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...
changes.
Eight U.S. federal agencies participate in SEARCH, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , pronounced , like "noah", is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere...
and Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS). A variety of programs also support SEARCH, including the Arctic Observation Network-Social Indicator Project (AON-SIP).
One of the core aims of SEARCH is to understand Unaami (Yup'ik
Central Alaskan Yup'ik language
Central Alaskan Yup'ik or just Yup'ik is a Yupik language of the Eskimo language family, in turn a member of the Eskimo–Aleut language group, spoken in western and southwestern Alaska. Both in ethnic population and in number of speakers, Central Alaskan Yup'ik is the largest of the languages...
, "tomorrow"), defined by the program as "the recent and ongoing decadal (e.g. 3-50 year), complex of interrelated pan-arctic changes".
SEARCH is a national program under the International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC).