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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com

More sad news for the polar community... Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (@arcus-arctic.bsky.social) is shutting down. We all lose here. The past 8 months have been unthinkable, and their consequences for the future even more so.

Screenshot from the ARCUS August 2025 newsletter: Dear ARCUS Community, It is with a mix of gratitude and sadness for our community that we share an important update about ARCUS’s future. After more than three decades of connecting, supporting, and facilitating collaboration within the U.S. Arctic research community, ARCUS will sunset its operations at the end of September 2025 and formally dissolve as a nonprofit organization. This decision comes after careful consideration and reflection on the changing needs of the Arctic research landscape. While ARCUS as an institution will close, the impact of the relationships, collaborations, and shared work we have fostered will continue to ripple through the community for years to come. We are profoundly grateful for the many individuals—past and present—who have served on our Board, worked on our staff, contributed as partners, and supported ARCUS’s mission with passion and dedication. We want to assure you that we remain active and committed right up to the end
aug 29, 2025, 6:48 pm • 278 142

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Claire G. Griffin @polargriffin.bsky.social

Have you heard anything about where the sea ice prediction network will be housed? I suppose some of it is on NSIDC, but I've used the ARCUS page for student activities quite a bit!

aug 29, 2025, 7:49 pm • 5 0 • view
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com

I was wondering this too! Any update @the-iceman.bsky.social?

aug 29, 2025, 8:00 pm • 3 0 • view
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Mitch Bushuk @the-iceman.bsky.social

Great question! The SIPN team is actually meeting soon with ARCUS to discuss this exact point. We will make sure that all data and resources are preserved, but still need to decide where the website will actually live. We will miss ARCUS 😢

sep 3, 2025, 3:35 pm • 5 0 • view
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com

Thanks for the update!

sep 3, 2025, 8:05 pm • 2 0 • view
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kao009.bsky.social @kao009.bsky.social

What do you expect when the Vogons, led by Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz, carry out their mission?

aug 29, 2025, 6:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social

I was typing into chat yesterday w/ IARPC & USAPECS session, was planning to chime-in, too, for the Q&A & discussion, when our web & phone went down - for the rest of the morning it stayed down, too! Yeah, sucks re: @arcus-arctic.bsky.social & *so*, to our "reflexivity" for any "still kicking", eh?!

aug 30, 2025, 3:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com

Thank you for joining!

sep 1, 2025, 11:08 am • 1 0 • view
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social

For certain! I might say, w/25yrs of work in this general area-field-space, myself - thank *you* for joining! :) "Early Career" "never ends", whatever any might "do", eh? Much less what "anticipation" & "intelligence" as our "AI", too, over time: "data", "North Star", & "orienteering", eh? Onwards!✌️

sep 1, 2025, 11:37 am • 1 0 • view
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com

😁

sep 1, 2025, 12:06 pm • 2 0 • view
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social

✊🙏

sep 1, 2025, 12:08 pm • 1 0 • view
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EcoNana @eco-nana.bsky.social

The damage to U.S. scientific research will hurt everyone, including those who made this terrible decision.

aug 29, 2025, 7:26 pm • 7 0 • view
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CJC <3 🇺🇦🌾🚜🌾🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @castyman22205.bsky.social

Oh no :( How come? Trump admin canceling NASA, NOAA, USGS, NSF grants?

aug 30, 2025, 5:01 pm • 2 0 • view