2005 Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum | Abstracts
Abstracts are listed in alphabetical order by first author's last name. Presenters are listed in parentheses if they are other than the first author.
Poster Abstracts
Chayes | Cherry | Cherry | Crain | Crate | Cullather | Darwent (LeMoine) | Doering | Geiger | Gregovich | Hallam | Hickey | Huskey (Berman) | Jacobsen | Langgaard | National Science Foundation | Nelson (Shiklomanov) | Rygaard | Siegel | Soreide | Sveinbjörnsson | Voevodskaya (Meany) | Wake | Walter | Warnick (Klauder) | Wiggins | Wood (Soreide)
Presentation Abstracts
Black | Brunner | Crain | Del Guercio | Divoky | Epstein | Fjellheim | Leiserowitz | Moser | Rasmussen | SenkowskyList of Abstracts
Reporting Climate Change - The Front Line
Richard Black1Abstract:
1Environment Correspondent, British Broadcasting Company (BBC), UK, richard.black@bbc.co.uk
For scientists working with climate and global change, the media can be a source of immense frustration. It does not always put 'the message' across as scientists would want; reporting is frequently perceived as unbalanced; key details are often missed. Yet without the media, how can the scientific...
Context & Climate Change: Lessons from Barrow, Alaska
Ronald D. Brunner1Abstract:
1Center for Public Policy Research, University of Colorado, Campus Box 333, Boulder, CO, 80309-0333, USA, Phone 303-492-2955, Fax 303-492-0978, brunnerr@spot.colorado.edu
For several years my colleagues and I have worked with people in Barrow, Alaska to expand the range of informed choices for the community in adapting to climate change and variability. Our approach has been intensive: centered on one community; comprehensive in consideration of many factors affecting its vulnerability...
Toward a Cabled Observatory at Barrow, Alaska
Dale N. Chayes1, Bernard Coakley2, Andrey Proshutinsky3, Thomas Weingartner4Abstract:
1Instrument Lab, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9 West, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA, Phone 845-365-8434, dale@ldeo.columbia.edu
2Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757320, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, Phone 907-474-5385, Fax 907-474-5163, Bernard.Coakley@gi.alaska.edu
3Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 360 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, USA, Phone 508-289-2796, Fax 508-457-2181, aproshutinsky@whoi.edu
4Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757220, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, Phone 907-474-7993, Fax 907-474-7204, weingart@ims.uaf.edu
The scientific potential of a cabled seafloor observatory in the Arctic was explored by participants of an NSF-funded open workshop "Science and Education Objectives for a Seafloor Cabled Observatory on the Beaufort Shelf, Alaska" held in Barrow, Alaska, 7-8 February, 2005. Thirty-two people representing academia, government, private industry and citizens...
Solid precipitation reconstruction using snow depth measurements and a land surface hydrology model
Jessie Cherry1, Bruno Tremblay2, Stephen Dery3, Marc Stieglitz4Abstract:
1Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Ocean 206, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA, Phone 845-365-8327, Fax 845-365-8157, jcherry@ldeo.columbia.edu
2Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, NY, USA, tremblay@ldeo.columbia.edu
3Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, NJ, USA, sdery@princeton.edu
4Civil and Environmental Engineering/Earth and Environmental , Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA, marc.stieglitz@ce.gatech.edu
The amount and distribution of snowfall in the Arctic has significant effects on global climate. However, measurements of snowfall with gauges are strongly biased. A new method is described for reconstructing snowfall from observed snow depth records, meteorological observations, and running the NASA Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction Project Catchment Land Surface Model...
Impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation on Scandinavian hydropower production and energy markets
Jessie Cherry1, Heidi Cullen2, Martin Visbeck3Abstract:
1Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University/LDEO, Ocean 206, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA, Phone 845-365-8327, Fax 845-365-8157, jcherry@ldeo.columbia.edu
2The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA, USA
3Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, IFM-GEOMAR, Gebäude Westufer, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, Kiel, 24105, Germany, Phone +49-0-431-600-4, Fax +49-0-431-600-4, mvisbeck@ifm-geomar.de
Dramatic swings in the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) during the 1990s motivated the authors to build a statistical model of NAO impacts on hydropower production and energy markets in Scandinavia. Variation in the NAO index is shown to explain 55% of the variance of streamflow in Norway and up to...
Arctic Science Education: Partnerships Build Bridges Across the Learning Continuum
Renee D. Crain1Abstract:
1Office of Polar Programs, Arctic Sciences Section, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA, 22230, USA, Phone 703-292-8029, Fax 703-292-9082, rcrain@nsf.gov
The Arctic Sciences Section at the National Science Foundation supports the integration of scientific research with science education at all levels. Support from the Arctic Research and Education program has enabled arctic researchers to involve K-12 students, teachers, journalists, arctic residents and the broader public in their research. Researchers, including...
Constructing Partnerships with Arctic Research to further Education, Outreach and Scientific Literacy
Renee D. Crain1Abstract:
1Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA, 22230, USA, Phone 703-292-4482, rcrain@nsf.gov
Current scientific research is a gateway to engage people in both the process of science and the essential body of information that defines scientific literacy. Arctic research provides an interesting context for studying scientific basic concepts for both audiences in and outside of the Arctic. Education and outreach partnerships with...
Investigating the Economic and Environmental Resilience of Viliui Sakha Villages: Building Capacity, Assessing Sustainability, Gaining Knowledge
Susan A. Crate1Abstract:
1Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MS 5F2, Fairfax, VA, 22031, USA, Phone 703-993-1517, Fax 703-993-1066, scrate1@gmu.edu
This research project investigates the local resilience of rural post-Soviet agropastoralist native communities of northeastern Siberia, Russia, in the face of economic and environmental change. The four-village, three-year study is a collaborative effort involving native specialists and field assistants, the active participation of village inhabitants, and the in-country research community...
Arctic Sea Ice Characteristics and Atmospheric/Oceanic Forcing in 20th Century IPCC Coupled Model Simulations
Richard I Cullather1, Irina V Gorodetskaya2, Bruno Tremblay3, Robert Newton4Abstract:
1Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA, Phone (845) 365-8769, Fax (845) 365-8736, cullat@ldeo.columbia.edu
2Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA
3Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA
4Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA
Realistic simulations of the present Arctic climate are critical for the projection of future climate scenarios. Such predictions have received increased attention in light of the present downward trends in Arctic sea ice extent over the satellite observational era. This poster presents an analysis of twentieth century simulations of Arctic...
Survey at 78 Degrees: Archaeological Investigations in Inglefield Land, Northwest Greenland
John Darwent1, Christyann Darwent2, Genevieve LeMoine3Abstract:
1Anthropology, University of California, Davis, USA
2Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
3The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center, Bowdoin College, 9500 College Station, Brunswick, ME, 04011-8495, USA, Phone 207-725-3304, glemoine@bowdoin.edu
The Inglefield Land archaeology project (ILAP) is a long-term archaeological research project led by Christyann Darwent of the University of California, Davis, and Genevieve LeMoine of The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College, collaborating with Hans Lange, of the Greenland National Museum and Archives, and David Qaavigaq, of the Thule Museum...
Adolphus Greeley: Raising Arctic Consciousness
Gino Del Guercio1Abstract:
1Boston Science Communications, Inc., 321 Center Street, S. Easton, MA, 02375, USA, Phone 508-238-8677, ginodelg@mac.com
Gino Del Guercio is a documentary filmmaker specializing in science, medicine and technology. He began his career in television as a producer for WGBH in Boston, and for the past 18 years has worked on projects for WGBH, Thirteen/WNET, OPB, KTCA, Discovery Channel and A&E. He was series co-producer and...
When the Arctic Becomes Subarctic: Seabirds Respond to Three Decades of Climate Change
George J. Divoky1Abstract:
1Institute of Arctic Biolgy, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, Phone 206-365-6009, fngjd@uaf.edu
Changes in the distribution and abundance of higher trophic level species can provide compelling evidence of climate change that is easily understood by the public. While seabirds are excellent monitors of marine ecosystems at all latitudes, their affinity or avoidance of sea ice makes them even more sensitive to climate...
Adventure Learning: Bringing the Arctic and Climate Change to K-12 Classrooms, Public and Policy Makers Worldwide
Aaron H. Doering1, Paul L. Pregont2, Mille Porsild3Abstract:
1Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education and Human Dev, University of Minnesota, 130 D Peik Hall, 159 Pillsbury Dr SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA, Phone 612-625-1073, Fax 612-624-8277, adoering@umn.edu
2AK, USA, Phone 269-426-4576, ppregont@polarhusky.com
3AK, USA, mporsild@polarhusky.com
Adventure learning provides learners with opportunities to explore real-world issues through authentic learning experiences within collaborative online learning environments (Doering, 2005).
The adventure learning program uses the allure of an Arctic dogsled expedition, to engage learners as they experience scientific research firsthand. Anchored in comprehensive, inquiry-based...
Climate Change in the Arctic and Public Health
Paul R. Epstein1Abstract:
1Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School, Landmark Center, 401 Park Drive, Second Floor, Boston, MA, 02215, USA, Phone 617-384-8586, Fax 617-384-8585, paul_epstein@hms.harvard.edu
Just as we underestimated the rate at which climate would change, we have underestimated the biological responses to those changes.
Temperature constrains the range of microbes and vectors while weather affects the hosts, and timing and intensity of disease outbreaks. Ticks in Sweden are trekking north as winters warm,...
Arctic Indigenous Peoples Facing Climate Change – A Saami Perspective
Rune Fjellheim1Abstract:
1Jaruma AS, Krájáohka, Norway, rune.fjellheim@jaruma.no
The Arctic is warming at an alarming rate. The Saami people as one of many Arctic Peoples has experienced the change first hand, and has joined in with Akademia to document the changes. In the Arctic Council cooperation where Indigenous Peoples work side by side with the 8 Arctic States,...
The Stress and Strain-Rate Kinematics of Sea Ice at 1, 15, and 200 km
Cathleen A Geiger1, Jacqueline A. Richter-Menge2, Bruce Elder3, Keran J Claffey4Abstract:
1Snow and Ice Branch, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA, Phone 603-646-4851, Fax 603-646-4644, cathleen.a.geiger@erdc.usace.army.mil
2Snow and Ice Branch, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA, Phone 603-646-4266, Fax 603-646-4644, jacqueline.a.richter-menge@erdc.usace.army.mil
3Snow and Ice Branch, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA
4Snow and Ice Branch, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA, keran.j.claffey@erdc.usace.army.mil
A synopsis of stress, drift, and strain-rate from three major field experiments in the Beaufort Sea within the last decade is available at website http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/sid/SeaIceDynamics/index.htm. The Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative (SIMI – 1992/1993), the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA – 1997/1998) and Beaufort 2001/2002 include three kinematic...
The Influence of Landscape Factors on Non-game Fish and Invertebrate Species in Southeast Alaska Lakes
Dave Gregovich1, Mark S. Wipfli2, Brian Frenette3Abstract:
1School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-7220, USA, Phone 907-474-2486, Fax 907-474-7204, dave.gregovich@uaf.edu
2Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, United States Geological Survey, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-7220, USA, Phone 907-474-6654, Fax 907-474-7872, mark.wipfli@uaf.edu
3Sport Fish Division, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 802 3rd Street, Douglas, AK, 99824, USA, Phone 907-465-8590, Fax 907-465-2034, brian_frenette@fishgame.state.ak.us
Little is known about non-game fish species distributions in Southeast Alaska. Identification of important habitats for non-game fishes is lacking and is needed in order to properly manage their habitats. An assessment of the landscape-level variables that may influence non-game fish species presence is being undertaken based on existing data....
A Web-based System for Sharing Digital Geospatial Information in the Polar Regions
Cheryl A. Hallam1, Douglas J. Tallman2, Jerry L. Mullins3Abstract:
1Geographic Research, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 521 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA, 20192, USA, Phone 703-648-4525, challam@usgs.gov
2Western Region, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA, Phone 650-329-4272, dtallman@usgs.gov
3International Activities, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 917 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA, 20192, USA, Phone 703-648-5144, jmullins@usgs.gov
The sharing of data is one of the most important forms of communication within the Polar research community. Capabilities for the display and download of data are widespread, and have provided an important service to researchers and educators; but the growth of Internet access and speed has created an...
Analyzing North Slope River Plume Suspended Sediment with MODIS Reflectance Data
Anne Hickey1, James Maslanik2Abstract:
1Environmental Studies, University of Colorado, 311 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA, anne.hickey@colorado.edu
2CCAR, University of Colorado, 431 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA, james.maslanik@colorado.edu
Rivers function to integrate terrestrial processes and climatic conditions occurring in a watershed and deliver the product of these processes and conditions to the ocean. As a result, changes in the terrestrial system may be observed in nearshore river plumes. Two vectors of environmental change currently affecting the...
Migration in the Arctic: Subsistence, Jobs, and Well-being in Urban and Rural Communities
Lee Huskey1, Matthew Berman2, Lance Howe3, Wayne Edwards4, Robert Harcharek5, Jack Hicks6Abstract:
1Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA
2Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA, Phone 907-786-5426, matthew.berman@uaa.alaska.edu
3Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK, USA
4Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage, AK, USA
5Department of Public Works, North Slope Borough, Barrow, AK, USA
6Nunavut Research Institute, Nunavut Arctic College, N.T., Canada
This project studies patterns of migration of North American arctic indigenous people between rural communities, larger regional centers, and urban areas over the past several decades. It has four primary research objectives: (1) develop improved methods for analyzing migration decisions of individuals participating in mixed subsistence and cash economies; (2)...
The Dynamics of Greenlandic Language
Birgitte Jacobsen1, Mette L. Lyberth2, Lona N. Lynge3, Katti Frederiksen4, Margrethe T. Knudsen5, Marianne Hansen6Abstract:
1Language, Literature and Media, Ilisimatusarfik / University of Greenland, P.O.Box 279, DK-3900 Nuuk, AL, Greenland, Phone +299 32 45 66, Fax +299 32 47 97, bija@ilisimatusarfik.gl
2Language, Literature and Media, Ilisimatusarfik / University of Greenland, P.O.Box 279, DK-3900 Nuuk, AK, Greenland, Phone +299 32 45 66, Fax +299 32 47 97, mela@ilisimatusarfik.gl
3Language, Literature and Media, Ilisimatusarfik / University of Greenland, P.O.Box 279, DK-3900 Nuuk, AK, Greenland, Phone +299 32 45 66, Fax +299 32 47 97, lonl@ilisimatusarfik.gl
4Language, Literature and Media, Ilisimatusarfik / University of Greenland, P.O.Box 279, DK-3900 Nuuk, AK, Greenland, Phone +299 32 45 66, Fax +299 32 47 97, kafr@ilisimatusarfik.gl
5Language, Literature and Media, Ilisimatusarfik / University of Greenland, P.O.Box 279, DK-3900 Nuuk, AK, Greenland, Phone +299 32 45 66, Fax +299 32 47 97, makn@ilisimatusarfik.gl
6Language, Literature and Media, Ilisimatusarfik / University of Greenland, P.O.Box 279, DK-3900 Nuuk, AK, Greenland, Phone +299 32 45 66, Fax +299 32 47 97, maha@ilisimatusarfik.gl
During history Greenlandic has adopted many loan-words, of historical reasons most of them Danish. Today also English words are finding their way into the language, as they are in many other language societies. The language contact situation is somewhat controversial, and there is still a certain amount of purism in...
A Review on the Greenlandic Writer Kelly Berthelsen's Short Story: NASA's Most Secret Secret (Kelly Berthelsenip oqaluttualiaa: "NASA-p isertaasa isertugaanersaat" misissoqqissaarlugu)
Karen Langgaard1Abstract:
1Language, Literature and Media, Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland), Box 279, Eqalugalinnguit 97B, Nuuk, 3900, Greenland, Phone + 299 324566, Fax + 299 324711, kala@ilisimatusarfik.gl
As part of my research about Greenlandic literature I would like to exhibit a poster concerning a short story "NASA's most secret secret" written by a young Greenlandic author, Kelly Berthelsen. The poster will give headlines of the development of the Greenlandic literature, which apart from hymns started in the...
The Arctic and Global Warming in the American Mind
Anthony Leiserowitz1Abstract:
1Decision Research, 1201 Oak Street, Eugene, OR, 97401, Phone 541-485-2400, ecotone@uoregon.edu
Public risk perceptions are critical components of the socio-political context within which policy makers operate. Such perceptions can fundamentally compel or constrain political, economic and social action to address particular risks, including global climate change. This presentation will report results from a recent national study on American climate change...
"North to the Future": Communicating to and from the Arctic Front Lines of Climate Change
Susanne C. Moser1Abstract:
1Institute for the Study of Society and Environment, National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80307, USA, Phone +1.303.497.8132, Fax +1.303.497.8125, smoser@ucar.edu
As far as climate change is concerned, the already apparent impacts in the Arctic may well be considered planetary "early warning signals" for problems yet to manifest in other parts of the world. Few in the polar region may need further "proof" that global warming is underway; many will at...
Arctic Science Discoveries
National Science Foundation1Abstract:
1Office of Polar Programs, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA, 22230, USA, http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/
Our understanding of the Arctic has increased enormously over the past five decades of intense research, but much remains to be learned, and new discoveries await researchers who study this unique region. The Arctic Sciences Section of the National Science Foundation funds basic research of the Arctic through...
CALM II: The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Program's Second Five-Year Plan, 2004-2009
Frederick E. Nelson1, Nikolay I. Shiklomanov2, Jerry Brown3Abstract:
1Department of Geography, University of Delaware, Pearson Hall, Newark, DE, 19716, USA, Phone 302.831.8269, Fax 302.831.6654, fnelson@udel.edu
2Department of Geography, University of Delaware, Pearson Hall, Newark, DE, 19716, USA, Phone 302.831.1314, Fax 302.831.6654, shiklom@udel.edu
3International Permafrost Association, PO Box 7, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA, Phone 508-457-4982, Fax 508-457-4982, jerrybrown@igc.org
Several factors converged in the late 1980s and early 1990s to encourage development of long-term geocryological monitoring, and to make the resulting data sets freely available to interested users: (1) publicity about the impacts of climate change followed two decades of unprecedented resource development in the cold regions and raised...
Ilullisat; a Greenlandic World Heritage Site
Henriette Rasmussen1Abstract:
1Ministry of Culture, Education and Church, Greenland Home Rule, PO Box 1015 , NUUK, DK-3900, Greenland, Phone +299 32 20 73, Fax +299 32 20 73, mariannestenbaek@yahoo.ca
Ilullisat on the west coast of Greenland is one of the most beautiful and unique areas in the world. Many glaciers travelling along the coast of Greenland and Canada originate here. It was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 2004.
Exhibition: Whose Eyes are Watching? Kiap isaanit isigalugu
Jette Rygaard1, Birgit K. Pedersen2, Mette L. Lyberth3, Lona N. Lynge4Abstract:
1Department of Language, Literature & Media , Ilisimatusarfik. University of Greenland, Box 279, Nuuk, 3900, Greenland, Phone + 299 32 45 66, Fax + 299 32 47 11, jery@ilisimatusarfik.gl
2Department of Language, Literature & Media , Ilisimatusarfik. University of Greenland, Box 279, Nuuk, AK, 3900, Greenland, Phone + 299 32 45 66, Fax + 299 32 47 11, bipe@ilisimatusarfik.gl
3Department of Language, Literature & Media , Ilisimatusarfik. University of Greenland, Box 279, Nuuk, AK, 3900, Greenland, Phone + 299 32 45 66, Fax + 299 32 47 11, mela@ilisimatusarfik.gl
4Department of Language, Literature & Media , Ilisimatusarfik. University of Greenland, Box 279, Nuuk, AK, 3900, Greenland, Phone + 299 32 45 66, Fax + 299 32 47 11, lonl@ilisimatusarfik.gl
During a week in 2001 & 2003, we delivered disposable cameras & diaries to two groups of Greenlandic youth groups (10-12 years of age & 12-19 years of age). The Purpose was to focus on the young peoples' own 'voices' and the role of media in their everyday life. By...
Is anyone out there? Making the broadest-possible impact with Web-based outreach
Sonya Senkowsky1Abstract:
1Alaska Science Outreach, AlaskaWriter LLC, PO Box 140030, Anchorage, AK, 99514, USA, Phone 907-830-7355, Fax 210-855-0125, sonya@alaskawriter.com
Case studies demonstrate how some researchers are using Web technologies to make a broader impact while making the most of limited resources. One development is the use of journalism techniques to document fieldwork. AlaskaWriter LLC, founded by a science journalist, consults on the production of science content, with a focus...
Protecting Species Threatened by Global Warming under the U.S. Endangered Species Act: Case Study of the Polar Bear
Kassie R. Siegel1, Brendan R. Cummings2Abstract:
1Center for Biological Diversity, P.O. Box 549, Joshua Tree, CA, 92252, USA, Phone (760) 366-2232 , Fax (760) 366-2669, ksiegel@biologicaldiversity.org
2Center for Biological Diversity, P.O. Box 549, Joshua Tree, CA, 92252, USA, Phone (760) 366-2232 , Fax (760) 366-2669, bcummings@biologicaldiversity.org
The United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) is designed to prevent extinction of plant and animal species via significant protection of species listed as "threatened," or "endangered." Under the Act, a species is "threatened" if it is likely to become in danger of extinction within the "foreseeable future." ...
Availability of Near-Realtime Arctic Climate/Ecosystem Change Indicators
Nancy N. Soreide1, John Calder2, James E. Overland3Abstract:
1NOAA/PMEL, OD, 7600 Sand Point Wy NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, USA, Phone 206 526 6728, Fax 206 526 4576, nancy.n.soreide@noaa.gov
2NOAA Arctic Research Office, HQTR Route: R/ARC, 315 EAST WEST HWY , SILVER SPRING, MD, USA, Phone 20910-3282, john.calder@noaa.gov
3NOAA/PMEL, WA, USA, james.e.overland@noaa.gov
The Arctic Change website provides information on the state of the Arctic in an accessible, understandable, and scientifically credible format: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/detect/. Areas include climate change, global impacts,
ice processes, and land, marine and human ecosystems. The Arctic Change Indicators website provides a near-realtime update for the key findings...
White spruce performance variation across latitudes and altitudes in Alaska
Bjartmar Sveinbjörnsson1, Tumi Traustason2, Matthew R. Smith3, Roger Ruess4Abstract:
1Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA, Phone (907)786 1366, Fax (907) 786 1314, afbs@uaa.alaska.edu
2Department of Biology and Wildlife , University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 957007-7000, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, Phone 907-474-5404, fstt@uaf.edu
3Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA, Phone (907)786 1366, Fax (907) 786 1314, mreevesmith@yahoo.com
4Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757000, Fairbanks, AK, USA, Phone 907-474-7153, Fax 907-474-6967, ffrwr@uaf.edu
White spruce performance was assessed in paired treeline and forest sites in three watersheds in the Chugach Mountains, the White Mountains, and the Brooks Range. Soil and air temperatures and season length decreased with latitude and in the two southern mountains also with altitude, while the reverse altitudinal pattern was...
Facilitating Collaborative Scientific and Technical Research in the Arctic Sciences and Geosciences
Marianna Voevodskaya1, David Lindeman2, Shawn Wheeler3Abstract:
1Cooperative Programs Office, CRDF, 32A Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow, 119334, Russia, Phone 7-095-938-5151, Fax 7-095-938-1838, voevodsk@ras.ru
2Development and Outreach, CRDF, 1530 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 300, Arlington, VA, 22209, USA, Phone (703) 526-9720, Fax (703) 526-9721, dlindeman@crdf.org
3Grants Administration, CRDF, 1530 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 300, Arlington, VA, 22209, USA, Phone (703) 526-9720, Fax (703) 526-9721, swheeler@crdf.org
The U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) is a private, nonprofit, grant-making organization created in 1995 by the U.S. Government (National Science Foundation).
The CRDF promotes international scientific and technical collaboration, primarily between the United States and Eurasia, through grants, technical resources, and training. The...
Synthesis of Arctic Science at the University of New Hampshire
Cameron P. Wake1, Jack Dibb2, Mark Twickler3, Charles Vörösmarty4, Richard Lammers5, Alexander Shiklomanov6, Mark Fahnestock7, Steve Frolking8, Xiangming Xiao9, Changsheng Li10, Michael Rawlins11, Marc Lessard12, Roger Arnoldy13, Larry Mayer14, Andy Armstrong15, Jim Gardner16, Martin Jakobsson17, Lawrence Hamilton18, Cliff Brown19Abstract:
1Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, 39 College Road - Morse Hall, Durham, NH, 03824, USA, Phone 603-862-2329, Fax 603-862-2124, cameron.wake@unh.edu
2Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans & Space, University of New Hampshire, 39 College Road - Morse Hall, Durham, NH, 03824-3525, USA, Phone 603-862-3063, Fax 603-862-2124, jack.dibb@unh.edu
3Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, 39 College Road - Morse Hall, Durham, NH, 03824-3525, USA, Phone 603-862-1991, Fax 603-862-2124, mark.twickler@unh.edu
4Water Systems Analysis Group, University of New Hampshire, 39 College Road - Morse Halll, Durham, NH, 03824-3525, USA, Phone 603-862-0850, Fax 603-862-0587, charles.vorosmarty@unh.edu
5Water Systems Analysis Group, University of New Hampshire, 39 College Road - Morse Hall, Durham, NH, 03824, USA, Phone 603-862-4699, Fax 603-862-0587, richard.lammers@unh.edu
6Complex System Research Center , University of New Hampshire, 39 College Road - Morse Hall, Durham, NH, 03824, USA, Phone 603-862-4387, Fax 603-862-0188, sasha@eos.sr.unh.edu
7Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, 39 College Road - Morse Hall, Durham, NH, 03824, USA, Phone 603-862-0322, Fax 603-862-1915, mark.fahnestock@unh.edu
8Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, 39 College Road - Morse Hall, Durham, NH, 03824-3525, USA, Phone 603-862-0244, Fax 603-862-0188, steve.frolking@unh.edu
9Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, 39 College Road - Morse Hall, Durham, NH, 03824, USA, Phone 603-862-0322, Fax 603-862-1915, xiao@eos.sr.unh.edu
10Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, 39 College Road - Morse Hall, Durham, NH, 03824, USA, Phone 603-862-0322, Fax 603-862-1915, changsheng.li@unh.edu
11Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, 39 College Road - Morse Hall, Durham, NH, 03824-0188, USA, Phone 603-862-4734, Fax 603-862-0188, rawlins@eos.sr.unh.edu
12Department of Physics, Dartmouth College, 6127 Wilder Hall, Hanover, NH, 03755-3528, USA, Phone 603-646-2310, Fax 603-646-1446, marc@einstein.dartmouth.edu
13Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, 38 Woodridge Road, Durham, NH, 03824, USA, Phone 603-868-5095, roger.arnoldy@unh.ede
14Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire, Chase Ocean Engineering Lab, 24 Colovos Road, Durham, NH, 03824, USA, Phone 603-862-2615, Fax 603-862-0839, larry.mayer@unh.edu
15Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire, 24 Colovos Road, Durham, NH, 03824, USA, Phone 603-862-4559, Fax 603-862-0839, andrew.armstrong@unh.edu
16Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire, 24 Colovos Road, Durham, NH, 03824, USA, Phone 603-862-3473, Fax 603-862-0839, jim.gardner.unh.edu
17Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire, 24 Colovos Road, Durham, NH, 03824, USA, Phone 603-862-3755, Fax 603-862-0839, martin.jakobsson@unh.edu
18Department of Sociology HSSC, University of New Hampshire, 20 College Road, Durham, NH, 03824-3509, USA, Phone 603-862-1859, Fax 603-862-3558, lawrence.hamilton@unh.edu
19Department of Sociology, University of New Hampshire, 420 Horton Social Science Center, Durham, NH, 03824, USA, Phone 603-862-0765, Fax 603-862-3558, cliff.brown@unh.edu
Several different research groups at the University of New Hampshire are currently active in a wide variety of Arctic research. Over the course of the next few years, we hope to synthesize this Arctic research to develop a broader understanding of change in the Arctic. A brief overview...
Methane Bubbling from Siberian Thaw Lakes: A Positive Feedback to Climate Change
Katey M. Walter1, Sergei A. Zimov2, Jeffery P. Chanton3, F. Stuart Chapin, III4Abstract:
1Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 84578, Fairbanks, AK, 99708, USA, Phone 907-479-7300, Fax 907-474-7616, ftkmw1@uaf.edu
2North East Science Station, Russian Academy of Sciences, PO Box 18, Republic Sakha - Yakutiya, Cherskii, 678830, Russia, Phone +7-41157-23013, Fax +7-41157-22560, sazimov@cher.sakha.ru
3Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Room 317 OSB, West Call Street, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-4320, USA, Phone 850-644-7493, Fax 850-644-2581, chanton@ocean.fsu.edu
4Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757000, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-7000, USA, Phone 907-474-7922, Fax 907-474-6967, fffsc@aurora.uaf.edu
Ebullition is often the dominant pathway of methane release from aquatic ecosystems, yet it has seldom been carefully measured, due to heterogeneity in the spatial distribution and episodic release of gas bubbles. This likely results in an underestimation of total methane emission.
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Arctic Logistics Information and Support: ALIAS
Wendy K. Warnick1, Josh Klauder2Abstract:
1Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, 3535 College Road, Suite 101, Fairbanks, AK, 99709, USA, Phone 907-474-1600, Fax 907-474-1604, info@arcus.org
2Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, 3535 College Road, Suite 101, Fairbanks, AK, 99709, USA, Phone 907-746-5959, Fax 907-474-1604, josh@arcus.org
The ALIAS web site is a gateway to logistics information for arctic research, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, and created and maintained by the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States ( ARCUS). ALIAS supports the collaborative development and efficient use of all arctic logistics resources. It presents...
Teachers and Researchers - Exploring and Collaborating (TREC)
Helen V. Wiggins1, Janet Warburton2, Wendy K. Warnick3Abstract:
1Arctic Research Consortium of the US, 3535 College Road, Suite 101, Fairbanks, AK, 99709, USA, Phone 907-474-1600, Fax 907-474-1604, helen@arcus.org
2Arctic Research Consortium of the US, 3535 College Road, Suite 101, Fairbanks, AK, 99709, USA, Phone 907-474-1600, Fax 907-474-1604, warburton@arcus.org
3Arctic Research Consortium of the US, 3535 College Road, Suite 101, Fairbanks, AK, 99709, USA, Phone 907-474-1600, Fax 907-474-1604, warnick@arcus.org
In Teachers and Researchers - Exploring and Collaborating (TREC), K–12 teachers participate in arctic field projects, working closely with researchers to improve science education through experiences in scientific inquiry. TREC builds on the scientific and cultural opportunities of the Arctic to link research and education through topics that naturally engage...
Climate Lessons from the First International Polar Year, 1881-1884
Kevin R. Wood1, James E. Overland2Abstract:
1JISAO (U. Washington/NOAA), NOAA/PMEL, OE2, 7600 Sand Point Wy NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, USA, Phone 206 526 6862, Fax 206 526 6485, Kevin.R.Wood@noaa.gov
2NOAA/PMEL, WA, USA, james.e.overland@noaa.gov
The records of the first International Polar Year (IPY), which took place from 1881 to 1884, contain the first series of coordinated meteorological observations ever obtained at multiple locations in the Polar Regions. The collection of this data was one of the principal objects of the first IPY. The program...