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The Permafrost Coastal Erosion Research Coordination Network (PCE-RCN) is established to identify challenges of and solutions to Arctic coastal permafrost erosion as well as its socioecological impacts by converging natural sciences, social sciences, and engineering. The project is funded by the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation.

A Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) project update video produced for the April 2020 virtual NNA Investigators meeting. The video is narrated by Dr. Ming Xiao (Pennsylvania State University).

"Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in co-creating research projects is often perceived as challenging both from the perspective of the researchers and the Indigenous Peoples and communities. Indigenous partners often note that the inclusion process tends to be an administrative check mark rather than establishing a long-term good working relationship between the research team and the Indigenous partner.

We present a new, low-cost method for monitoring wave spectra (significant height, period, and direction) using an autonomous underwater glider equipped with a low power scanning sonar. Unlike conventional fixed buoys, this method enables coverage across wide spatial areas, including remote and difficult to access regions, such as the marginal ice zone or areas with extreme sea states. Preliminary results indicate that this process can operate continuously for durations of weeks, with spatial coverage in excess of 1000 km.