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Science 17 September 1999:
Vol. 285. no. 5435, p. 1827
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5435.1827a
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
New Center Gives Japan an Arctic Toehold

Bernice Wuethrich

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA--Japan and the United States have launched a $32 million research center to plumb the consequences of climate change in the Far North. Late last month, researchers from the two countries gathered here on the campus of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, to dedicate the International Arctic Research Center. Guided by representatives from several Japanese and U.S. organizations, the center plans to do "big picture, big science."

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