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In «>jfrhmg for a model in whicb societies have adopted to solve coii^>lex systems problems of the 

 enviroomeitt, like the present one. I tuin to the exan^ set by the National Center for Atmospheric 

 Research, which is managed by a consortium of Uuversities under the University Corporation for 

 Atmospheric Research. It has in recent years diversified its operation to include international 

 affiliates. Funding for the enterprise has entered through a variety of sources, but mainly from the 

 National Science Foundation. Research involving complex systems, including the climate change 

 issue, by NCAR is continually reviewed, both internally and externally. Perhaps in searching for a 

 strategic model to handle the contamination of the Arctic, we might implement something like an 

 international UCAR. 



