
Interdisciplinary Research
for Arctic Coastal Environments

Sea Ice and
Ocean Dynamics
Advancing the representation of sea ice and Arctic ocean mixing for improved regional modeling in support of coastal change, marine biogeochemistry, shipping, and resource development analysis. Read more.
Marine
Biogeochemistry
The marine biogeochemistry research team focuses on understanding how physical and geochemical characteristics of the coastal ocean control primary productivity. Read more.
Permafrost
Hydrology
Explore critical questions such as altered river fluxes from changes in permafrost and precipitation using integrated surface and groundwater modeling. Read more.
Coastal
Change
Quantifying coastal vulnerability due to erosion and flooding by modeling and examining rates and patterns of historical erosion. Read more.
Communities
Understanding the coupled societal, economic, and environmental changes that will influence communities in Northern Alaska and the greater Arctic under a changing climate. Read more.
Infrastructure
Coupling earth system and human research to evaluate local to global environmental, economic, and societal controls on evolving Arctic marine and energy resources. Read more.
Shipping
Research on how environmental and economic drivers will alter the flow of goods and connectivity of human populations in response to a changing Arctic and globe. Read more.
Data
The development and operation of the Arctic Data Collaborative for research and resource management for Arctic sciences. Read more.
News
Permafrost researchers analyze the drivers of rapidly changing Arctic coasts
Increasing warming is affecting coast stability, sediments, carbon storage, and nutrient mobilization. Understanding the correlation of these changes is essential to improve forecasts and…
Projection: $110 Billion in Repairs for Russian Pipelines on Permafrost
Permafrost thaw is a major threat to pipelines in the Russian Arctic, particularly those carrying natural gas. One of the world’s biggest producers of…
Tracking the big melt
Los Alamos and Oak Ridge scientists lead a DOE supercomputing effort to model the complex interactions affecting climate change in Arctic coastal regions.


InteRFACE is a multi-institution project funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science.