The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is a committee made up of representatives from 16 US federal agencies that coordinates Arctic research across the government. It was established by the 1984 Arctic Research Policy Act and develops a 5-year Arctic research plan. IARPC consults with Arctic researchers and stakeholders and practices open government. It has 9 collaboration teams focused on Arctic issues like health, climate change, and ecosystems that bring together federal and non-federal scientists and stakeholders to implement the research plan.
A summary of research done by a team at the University of Texas, headed by Dr. Charles Groat. The research shows (proves) that hydraulic fracturing in shale formations has not and does not pollute groundwater. The full study is titled "Fact-Based Regulation for Environmental Protection in Shale Gas Development".
A summary of research done by a team at the University of Texas, headed by Dr. Charles Groat. The research shows (proves) that hydraulic fracturing in shale formations has not and does not pollute groundwater. The full study is titled "Fact-Based Regulation for Environmental Protection in Shale Gas Development".
Presented by Giriraj Amarnath at the National Workshop on “Use of Space Based Information for Disaster Management” Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 17, 2014
Estuaries, long recognized for their local importance, form collectively an important global ecosystem, sensitive to both climate change and local pressures. This has been recognized by a 2013 U.S. workshop, which issued a set of recommendations directed at building worldwide capacity and collaborations to address estuaries as a global ecosystem. The workshop recognized that modern observation and modeling technology is poised to play a key role in advancing the scientific understanding of estuaries, and identified the need to map the resulting understanding of individual estuaries into a common global framework. An international partnership has since emerged, driven by the increasingly recognized need to advance estuarine observation, modeling, science and science translation worldwide. Anchoring the partnership is a belief that there are important commonalities across estuaries that, if explored, will prove synergistic and transformation towards understanding and sustainable management of all estuaries. On behalf of this emerging international partnership, we describe here steps that are being taken to develop Our Global Estuary. Integral to these efforts are: (a) the organization of regular international workshops, to build a common vision and global capacity and collaborative networks—the first of these workshops planned for Chennai, India; (b) the creation of a pilot project, Our Virtual Global Estuary, where a common modeling and analysis framework, supported by and supporting local observations, will be progressively put in place for estuaries across the world—with an initial set identified in Brazil, China, Portugal, Spain, and United States, and additional estuaries under consideration; and (b) exploration of synergies with global organizations (such as the Partnership for Ocean Global Observations) and global-scale programs and initiatives (such as Blue Planet), to further contextualize the role of estuaries in the earth’s sustainability.
Presented by Giriraj Amarnath at the National Workshop on “Use of Space Based Information for Disaster Management” Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 17, 2014
Estuaries, long recognized for their local importance, form collectively an important global ecosystem, sensitive to both climate change and local pressures. This has been recognized by a 2013 U.S. workshop, which issued a set of recommendations directed at building worldwide capacity and collaborations to address estuaries as a global ecosystem. The workshop recognized that modern observation and modeling technology is poised to play a key role in advancing the scientific understanding of estuaries, and identified the need to map the resulting understanding of individual estuaries into a common global framework. An international partnership has since emerged, driven by the increasingly recognized need to advance estuarine observation, modeling, science and science translation worldwide. Anchoring the partnership is a belief that there are important commonalities across estuaries that, if explored, will prove synergistic and transformation towards understanding and sustainable management of all estuaries. On behalf of this emerging international partnership, we describe here steps that are being taken to develop Our Global Estuary. Integral to these efforts are: (a) the organization of regular international workshops, to build a common vision and global capacity and collaborative networks—the first of these workshops planned for Chennai, India; (b) the creation of a pilot project, Our Virtual Global Estuary, where a common modeling and analysis framework, supported by and supporting local observations, will be progressively put in place for estuaries across the world—with an initial set identified in Brazil, China, Portugal, Spain, and United States, and additional estuaries under consideration; and (b) exploration of synergies with global organizations (such as the Partnership for Ocean Global Observations) and global-scale programs and initiatives (such as Blue Planet), to further contextualize the role of estuaries in the earth’s sustainability.
An Atoll Futures Research Institute? Presentation for CANCCNAP Global Network
Presentation by Professor Jon Barnett, University of Melbourne, at the Coalition Of Low-Lying Atoll Nations on Climate Change (CANCC) peer learning cohort workshop on “National Adaptation Planning With a Focus on Coastal Adaptation” in North Malé Atoll, Maldives, between May 1 - May 3, 2024.
The Ocean Watch open data platform delivers science to policy makers developing sustainable ocean economies and operationalizing integrated ocean management.
Learn more: https://oceanwatchdata.org
FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BY NASA Lyle Birkey
T he National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) is pleased to acknowledge and express its deep appreciation to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program has provided the budget
analysis behind this report for the past fourteen years, first under Kei Koizumi and, in recent years, under Patrick Clemins and now Matthew Hourihan.
Fact-Based Regulation for Environmental Protection in Shale Gas DevelopmentMarcellus Drilling News
Study released in Feb 2012 by the Energy Institute at the University of Texas which looks at the science of hydraulic fracturing and a potential link between fracking and groundwater contamination. The study's conclusion: there is no link. Fracking itself does not contaminate groundwater. There are legitimate concerns about drilling, but those issues exist in conventional drilling--they are not specific to fracking.
Deep Behavioral Phenotyping in Systems Neuroscience for Functional Atlasing a...Ana Luísa Pinho
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) provides means to characterize brain activations in response to behavior. However, cognitive neuroscience has been limited to group-level effects referring to the performance of specific tasks. To obtain the functional profile of elementary cognitive mechanisms, the combination of brain responses to many tasks is required. Yet, to date, both structural atlases and parcellation-based activations do not fully account for cognitive function and still present several limitations. Further, they do not adapt overall to individual characteristics. In this talk, I will give an account of deep-behavioral phenotyping strategies, namely data-driven methods in large task-fMRI datasets, to optimize functional brain-data collection and improve inference of effects-of-interest related to mental processes. Key to this approach is the employment of fast multi-functional paradigms rich on features that can be well parametrized and, consequently, facilitate the creation of psycho-physiological constructs to be modelled with imaging data. Particular emphasis will be given to music stimuli when studying high-order cognitive mechanisms, due to their ecological nature and quality to enable complex behavior compounded by discrete entities. I will also discuss how deep-behavioral phenotyping and individualized models applied to neuroimaging data can better account for the subject-specific organization of domain-general cognitive systems in the human brain. Finally, the accumulation of functional brain signatures brings the possibility to clarify relationships among tasks and create a univocal link between brain systems and mental functions through: (1) the development of ontologies proposing an organization of cognitive processes; and (2) brain-network taxonomies describing functional specialization. To this end, tools to improve commensurability in cognitive science are necessary, such as public repositories, ontology-based platforms and automated meta-analysis tools. I will thus discuss some brain-atlasing resources currently under development, and their applicability in cognitive as well as clinical neuroscience.
What is greenhouse gasses and how many gasses are there to affect the Earth.moosaasad1975
What are greenhouse gasses how they affect the earth and its environment what is the future of the environment and earth how the weather and the climate effects.
Slide 1: Title Slide
Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Slide 2: Introduction to Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Definition: Extrachromosomal inheritance refers to the transmission of genetic material that is not found within the nucleus.
Key Components: Involves genes located in mitochondria, chloroplasts, and plasmids.
Slide 3: Mitochondrial Inheritance
Mitochondria: Organelles responsible for energy production.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in mitochondria.
Inheritance Pattern: Maternally inherited, meaning it is passed from mothers to all their offspring.
Diseases: Examples include Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) and mitochondrial myopathy.
Slide 4: Chloroplast Inheritance
Chloroplasts: Organelles responsible for photosynthesis in plants.
Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in chloroplasts.
Inheritance Pattern: Often maternally inherited in most plants, but can vary in some species.
Examples: Variegation in plants, where leaf color patterns are determined by chloroplast DNA.
Slide 5: Plasmid Inheritance
Plasmids: Small, circular DNA molecules found in bacteria and some eukaryotes.
Features: Can carry antibiotic resistance genes and can be transferred between cells through processes like conjugation.
Significance: Important in biotechnology for gene cloning and genetic engineering.
Slide 6: Mechanisms of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Non-Mendelian Patterns: Do not follow Mendel’s laws of inheritance.
Cytoplasmic Segregation: During cell division, organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts are randomly distributed to daughter cells.
Heteroplasmy: Presence of more than one type of organellar genome within a cell, leading to variation in expression.
Slide 7: Examples of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Four O’clock Plant (Mirabilis jalapa): Shows variegated leaves due to different cpDNA in leaf cells.
Petite Mutants in Yeast: Result from mutations in mitochondrial DNA affecting respiration.
Slide 8: Importance of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Evolution: Provides insight into the evolution of eukaryotic cells.
Medicine: Understanding mitochondrial inheritance helps in diagnosing and treating mitochondrial diseases.
Agriculture: Chloroplast inheritance can be used in plant breeding and genetic modification.
Slide 9: Recent Research and Advances
Gene Editing: Techniques like CRISPR-Cas9 are being used to edit mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA.
Therapies: Development of mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) for preventing mitochondrial diseases.
Slide 10: Conclusion
Summary: Extrachromosomal inheritance involves the transmission of genetic material outside the nucleus and plays a crucial role in genetics, medicine, and biotechnology.
Future Directions: Continued research and technological advancements hold promise for new treatments and applications.
Slide 11: Questions and Discussion
Invite Audience: Open the floor for any questions or further discussion on the topic.
(May 29th, 2024) Advancements in Intravital Microscopy- Insights for Preclini...Scintica Instrumentation
Intravital microscopy (IVM) is a powerful tool utilized to study cellular behavior over time and space in vivo. Much of our understanding of cell biology has been accomplished using various in vitro and ex vivo methods; however, these studies do not necessarily reflect the natural dynamics of biological processes. Unlike traditional cell culture or fixed tissue imaging, IVM allows for the ultra-fast high-resolution imaging of cellular processes over time and space and were studied in its natural environment. Real-time visualization of biological processes in the context of an intact organism helps maintain physiological relevance and provide insights into the progression of disease, response to treatments or developmental processes.
In this webinar we give an overview of advanced applications of the IVM system in preclinical research. IVIM technology is a provider of all-in-one intravital microscopy systems and solutions optimized for in vivo imaging of live animal models at sub-micron resolution. The system’s unique features and user-friendly software enables researchers to probe fast dynamic biological processes such as immune cell tracking, cell-cell interaction as well as vascularization and tumor metastasis with exceptional detail. This webinar will also give an overview of IVM being utilized in drug development, offering a view into the intricate interaction between drugs/nanoparticles and tissues in vivo and allows for the evaluation of therapeutic intervention in a variety of tissues and organs. This interdisciplinary collaboration continues to drive the advancements of novel therapeutic strategies.
6. IARPC practices open government.
We consult the research community and Arctic stakeholders
in planning and implementing the Arctic Research Plan.
7. We consult the research community and Arctic stakeholders
in planning and implementing the Arctic Research Plan.
How does it work?
IARPC practices open government.
9. Develop a national Arctic
research policy and a 5-
year plan to implement
the policy
Promote Arctic research
and recommend an
Arctic research policy
It established the Arctic Research Commission and the IARPC
and required them to:
Congress enacted the ARCTIC RESEARCH POLICY ACT in 1984
10. The Committee is made up of Principals from 16 Federal
agencies and is chaired by the director of the NSF.
11. National Science Foundation
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of the Interior
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Environmental Protection Agency
Marine Mammal Commission
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Smithsonian Institution
The Committee is made up of Principals from 16 Federal
agencies and is chaired by the director of the NSF.
12. In 2011 IARPC became part of the Executive Branch
located in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
13. IARPC
In 2011 IARPC became part of the Executive Branch
located in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
OFFICE OF SCIENCE
& TECHNOLOGY POLICY
NATIONAL SCIENCE
& TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL
RESOURCES & SUSTAINABILITY
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15. In December 2016,
IARPC released
Arctic Research Plan 2017-2021,
published by the
Executive Office of the President
16. The Policy Drivers are:
This policy-driven Plan
identifies critical areas
where the U.S. research
enterprise supports U.S.
policy from community to
global scales.
17. The Policy Drivers are:
This policy-driven Plan
identifies critical areas
where the U.S. research
enterprise supports U.S.
policy from community to
global scales.
Residents
1. Enhance the well-being of Arctic residents.
18. The Policy Drivers are:
This policy-driven Plan
identifies critical areas
where the U.S. research
enterprise supports U.S.
policy from community to
global scales.
Residents
Stewardship
1. Enhance the well-being of Arctic residents.
2. Advance stewardship of the Arctic environment.
19. The Policy Drivers are:
This policy-driven Plan
identifies critical areas
where the U.S. research
enterprise supports U.S.
policy from community to
global scales.
Residents
Stewardship
Security
1. Enhance the well-being of Arctic residents.
2. Advance stewardship of the Arctic environment.
3. Strengthen national and regional security.
20. The Policy Drivers are:
This policy-driven Plan
identifies critical areas
where the U.S. research
enterprise supports U.S.
policy from community to
global scales.
Residents
Stewardship
Security
1. Enhance the well-being of Arctic residents.
2. Advance stewardship of the Arctic environment.
3. Strengthen national and regional security.
4. Improve understanding of the Arctic as a component of planet Earth.
Global
21. The Research Goals are:
1. Enhance understanding of health
determinants and improve the
well-being of Arctic residents;
Residents
Stewardship
Security
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The Research Goals are:
1. Enhance understanding of health
determinants and improve the
well-being of Arctic residents;
2. Advance process and system
understanding of the changing Arctic
atmospheric composition and
dynamics and the resulting changes
to surface energy budgets;
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Stewardship
Security
Global
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The Research Goals are:
1. Enhance understanding of health
determinants and improve the
well-being of Arctic residents;
2. Advance process and system
understanding of the changing Arctic
atmospheric composition and
dynamics and the resulting changes
to surface energy budgets;
3. Enhance understanding and improve
predictions of the changing Arctic
sea ice cover;
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Stewardship
Security
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The Research Goals are:
1. Enhance understanding of health
determinants and improve the
well-being of Arctic residents;
2. Advance process and system
understanding of the changing Arctic
atmospheric composition and
dynamics and the resulting changes
to surface energy budgets;
3. Enhance understanding and improve
predictions of the changing Arctic
sea ice cover;
4. Increase understanding of the structure
and function of Arctic marine ecosystems
and their role in the climate system and
advance predictive capabilities;
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The Research Goals are:
1. Enhance understanding of health
determinants and improve the
well-being of Arctic residents;
2. Advance process and system
understanding of the changing Arctic
atmospheric composition and
dynamics and the resulting changes
to surface energy budgets;
3. Enhance understanding and improve
predictions of the changing Arctic
sea ice cover;
4. Increase understanding of the structure
and function of Arctic marine ecosystems
and their role in the climate system and
advance predictive capabilities;
5. Understand and project the mass balance of
glaciers, ice caps, and the Greenland Ice Sheet,
and their consequences for sea level rise;
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Stewardship
Security
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6. Advance understanding of processes
controlling permafrost dynamics and the
impacts on ecosystems, infrastructure,
and climate feedbacks;
7. Advance an integrated, landscape-scale
understanding of Arctic terrestrial and
freshwater ecosystems and the
potential for future change;
The Research Goals are:
28. 6. Advance understanding of processes
controlling permafrost dynamics and the
impacts on ecosystems, infrastructure,
and climate feedbacks;
7. Advance an integrated, landscape-scale
understanding of Arctic terrestrial and
freshwater ecosystems and the
potential for future change;
8. Strengthen coastal community
resilience and advance stewardship of
coastal natural and cultural resources by
engaging in research related to the
interconnections of people, natural and
built environments;
The Research Goals are:
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Security
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29. 6. Advance understanding of processes
controlling permafrost dynamics and the
impacts on ecosystems, infrastructure,
and climate feedbacks;
7. Advance an integrated, landscape-scale
understanding of Arctic terrestrial and
freshwater ecosystems and the
potential for future change;
8. Strengthen coastal community
resilience and advance stewardship of
coastal natural and cultural resources by
engaging in research related to the
interconnections of people, natural and
built environments;
9. Enhance frameworks for environmental
intelligence gathering, interpretation,
and application toward decision support.
The Research Goals are:
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Security
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31. Federal only
Through IARPC Collaborations we open our work to
non-Federal Arctic researchers and stakeholders.
32. Federal only
Through IARPC Collaborations we open our work to
non-Federal Arctic researchers and stakeholders.
Federal & non-Federal
33. Health &
Well-being
Atmosphere
Sea Ice
Glaciers &
Sea Level
Permafrost
Coastal
Resilience
Terrestrial
Ecosystems
Marine
Ecosystems
Federal only
Environmental
Intelligence
Through IARPC Collaborations we open our work to
non-Federal Arctic researchers and stakeholders.
Federal & non-Federal
We welcome you to join one or more
of our nine thematic Collaboration Teams
34. Led by Federal Program Managers and non-Federal partners, our teams
connect researchers and stakeholders from academia, non-profit,
industry, State of Alaska, Indigenous and international organizations.
35. Each team has monthly meetings where they cover a wide range of
topics through webinars and discussions, and they want YOU!
36. There is an opportunity to share your work
built into every meeting agenda
37. There is an opportunity to share your work
built into every meeting agenda
45. …and it will be shared with >1500 members via our email digest.
46. Click here to request an account at iarpccollaborations.org
9 Collaboration Teams led by 32 Federal Program Managers and Arctic research
leaders, working on 122 performance elements, in collaboration with 1500 Arctic
scientists and stakeholders, through a website with over 1500 views per month!