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The Fall 2010 issue of Witness the Arctic has been published online and is available at:
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/4.

This issue's feature article is entitled "Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook Combines Scientific and Local Knowledge." It is available at:
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/901. Other articles in this issue include:

Interagency Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH)
- State of the Arctic Conference Highlights Interdisciplinary,
System-Scale Science
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/902
- Arctic Observing Network Report Released
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/888
- Understanding Arctic Change Workshop Held in Seattle
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/891
- New SEARCH Science Steering Committee (SSC) Chair
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/892

Arctic System Science Program
- Freshwater Integration (FWI) Synthesis Working Group Examines
Intensification of the Arctic Hydrological Cycle
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/896
- International Synthesis Workshop Focuses on Progress and Gaps in
Freshwater Science
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/894
- ARCSS Seasonality Projects Meeting Held October 2010
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/880

Arctic Natural Sciences Program
- Integrated Bering Sea Project in Final Year of Field Activities
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/884

Arctic Social Sciences Program
- Final BOREAS Conference: Environments, Movements, Narratives in
the Circumpolar North
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/883
- ARCUS Releases Second Printing of The Earth is Faster Now
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/889

Science News
- Paleoclimate Project Shows Arctic Temperatures and Ecosystems
Highly Sensitive to Carbon Dioxide Levels
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/886

Science Policy News
- National Science and Technology Council to Coordinate Interagency
Arctic Research Policy Committee Activities
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/895

National Science Foundation News
- NSF Releases Solicitation to Augment Science Support on Research
Cruises
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/878
- NSF Solicits Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST) Synthesis Proposals
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/881
- USCG Icebreaker Polar Sea Under Repair
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/897

Capitol Updates
- NSF and Arctic Research Funding to Increase Under Proposed Budget
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/879

Interagency News
- National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
(NPOESS) Program Restructured
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/887
- NOAA Developing Arctic Vision and Strategy
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/898

U.S. Arctic Research Commission
- Update from the U.S. Arctic Research Commission
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/882

International News
- International Study of Arctic Change Activities
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/885
- Oslo Science Conference Marks Conclusion of IPY
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/900

A Note from the ARCUS President
- Perspective on the State of the Arctic Conference
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1/article/899

The next issue of Witness the Arctic will be published in December 2010.
For further information or to submit an article idea for future issues, please contact Betsy Turner-Bogren at ARCUS (betsy@arcus.org).

To view articles or to download a PDF file of this issue, please go to:
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/1.