Lessons from Continuity and Change in the Fourth International Polar Year

March 4-7, 2009

University of Alaska Fairbanks

• What if where you live there will be shifts in climate and your natural environment that seem unprecedented in the historical and recent geological record?
• Have you noticed transformations in populations and industries around you making the rural countryside and the urban landscape both appear different than you remember?
• Have the jobs and economic expectations of you, your family and your friends changed in light of global geopolitical and economic interests?
• Does it simply seem like everyone who wants more water is experiencing drought and locations with with flooding just keep getting more precipitation?

Learn more at this symposium sponsored by UAF and the Inland Northwest Research Alliance.

Or download an informational brochure (pdf).

INRA IPY Symposium on Lessons from Continuity and Change-Session on Oil and Gas Development: Balancing Interests and Sustainability: call for abstracts.