Research

Dartmouth has forged a singular identity for combining its deep commitment to outstanding undergraduate and graduate education with distinguished research and scholarship. A new generation of faculty, undergraduate and graduate students are pursuing interdisciplinary collaboration and research as a pathway to understanding the environmental and human consequences of rapid environmental change in polar regions. 

A great resource for polar research is the Dartmouth Library system, where many resources are collected on the web page Polar Studies: A Research Guide. It lists many books, articles, maps, and more. 

The following are some of the areas in which faculty and graduate students affiliated with the Institute of Arctic Studies are studying the physical, chemical, biological, and human dimensions of polar regions. 

• Graduate student science in Greenland
  Earth Sciences, Ecology, and Engineering
   
• McMurdo Dry Valley (Antarctica) Long Term Ecological Research Program
  Earth Sciences and Environmental Studies
   
• Glaciology and climate
  Thayer School of Engineering
   
• Ice core interpretation
  Thayer School of Engineering
   
• Physics of polar snow and firn
  Thayer School of Engineering
   
• Robot design for extreme terrain
  Thayer School of Engineering
   
• Environmental and low temperature geochemistry
  Earth Sciences 
   
• Isotope geochemistry
  Earth Sciences
   
• Geomorphology and surface processes
  Earth Sciences
   
• Causes of past climate change
  Earth Sciences
   
• Air pollution and high-elevation forests
  Earth Sciences and Environmental Studies
   
• Ecology of climate change
  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
   
• Environmental health
  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
   
• Culture and history of Native Alaskans & Native Americans
  Native American Studies and Anthropology
   
• Native American law and policy
  Native American Studies
   
• Traditional ecological knowledge
  Native American Studies and Environmental Studies