Presentation Abstracts

• Changing Marine Access in the Arctic
• Lawson W. Brigham, U.S. Arctic Research Commission
• Deja Vu: Paleoenvironmental Look at Sea Ice Extent During Earlier Warm Periods
• Julie Brigham-Grette, University of Massachusetts; Zachary Lundeen
• Impact of Climate Change on Alaska Native Communities
• Patricia L. Cochran, Alaska Native Science Commission
• Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling and the Changing Arctic
• Louis A. Codispoti, University of Maryland
• Observations of a Decreasing Arctic Sea Ice Cover from Satellites
• Josefi no C. Comiso, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• The Arctic in Global Climate Models and Projections of Future Change
• Gregory Flato, Meteorological Service of Canada
• Human Dimensions Research: Rationale and Implementation
• Bruce Forbes, University of Lapland
• The Role of Hydrology in Arctic Climate Change
• Larry D. Hinzman, University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Security and International Relations
• Robert Huebert, University of Calgary
• Panel Discussion: Partnerships and Collaborations in Arctic Research
• David Klein, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Gregory Flato; Julie Brigham-Grette; Ian Stirling; Patricia Cochran; Bruce Forbes
• The Rate and Causes of Arctic Sea Ice Melt: Modeling Perspective
• Wieslaw Maslowski, Naval Postgraduate School
• Local Observations of Recent Change
• Warren Matumeak, Native Elder
• Weekly to Interannual Variations in the Sea Ice Draft Distribution at the North Pole Environmental Observatory
• Richard E. Moritz, University of Washington
• The Role of Coastal Processes in the Arctic System
• Volker Rachold, Alfred Wegener Institute
• Variations in the Age of Arctic Sea Ice and Summer Sea Ice Extent
• Ignatius G. Rigor, University of Washington; John M. Wallace
• Background on Sea Ice and Arctic Climate
• Mark C. Serreze, University of Colorado
• Polar Bears, Seals, and Climate in Hudson Bay and the High Arctic
• Ian Stirling, Canadian Wildlife Service
• Changes in Arctic Sea Ice: What are the Consequences for Whales?
• Robert Suydam, North Slope Borough; Sue Moore
• Shrub Increase in Northern Alaska Documented Using Repeat Aerial Photography
• Kenneth Tape, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Matthew Sturm; Charles H. Raci

Poster Abstracts

• The International Polar Year 2007-2008: Efforts of the U.S. National Committee
• Mary R. Albert, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab
• A 20-year Simulation of Arctic Sea Ice 1979-1998 Using Assimilated Sea Ice Motion
• Todd Arbetter, University of Colorado
• Thermal Fronts of the Bering Sea
• Igor M. Belkin, University of Rhode Island; Peter C. Cornillon
• Human Dimensions of the Northwest Passage in Global Context: Past, Present, and Future
• Ellen Bielawski, University of Alberta
• Dynamics of Seabird Populations of the Western Aleutian Islands Over Four Millennia to the Present
• Douglas Causey, Harvard University; Arkady B. Savinetsky; G. Vernon Byrd; Debra G. Corbett; Christine Lefevre; Jeffrey C. Williams
• The Voyage of the S.S. Manhattan: Oil, the Northwest Passage, and Industrial Development in the Arctic
• Ross A. Coen, University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Using Multimedia Technology to Document and Communicate Inuit Knowledge of Environmental Change: An Interactive Poster
• Shari Fox Gearhead, Harvard University
• Clues to Sea Ice Change from Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Parameters
• Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University; Eli Hunter; Jaclyn Secora
• Barrow, Alaska: A Pivotal Location for the Study of the Role of Ice-Radiation Feedback Processes in Arctic Change
• Thomas C. Grenfell, University of Washington; Donald K. Perovich; Hajo Eicken; Bonnie Light
• Real Impacts of Climate Change in Alaska
• Larry D. Hinzman, University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Lakes of the Bolshezemelskaya Tundra, Russia: Four Decades of Change
• Robert M. Holmes, Marine Biological Laboratory; Alexander V. Zhulidov; Tatyana Y. Gurtovaya; Ludmila V. Boeva; James W. McClelland; Bruce J. Peterson; Pete Raymond
• Microbiological Parameters in the Coastal Waters of Golomanniy Island (Georgiy Sedov Archipelago, Severnaya Zemlya) from January to October
• Vladimir V. Ilinskiy, Moscow State Lomonosov University
• Spatial Analysis of Coastal Erosion over Five Decades near Barrow, Alaska
• William F. Manley, University of Colorado
• Weekly to Interannual Variations in the Sea Ice Draft Distribution at the North Pole Environmental Observatory
• Richard E. Moritz, University of Washington
• Unexpected Adventures During Studies of Alaska's Northern Chukchi Sea: Characterizing Sea Ice Beyond Iñupiat Whalers' Horizons
• David W. Norton, Arctic Rim Research
• VECO Polar Resources
• National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs
• Arctic Science Discoveries
• National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs
• Discovery, Understanding, Teaching, Learning
• National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs
• Air-Ice Chemical Interactions: The Revolution in Atmospheric Chemistry
• Paul Shepson, Purdue University; Eric Wolff
• Ilimmarfik - The New Center for Social Sciences and Humanities Research in Greenland
• Marianne A. Stenbaek, McGill University
• Facilitating Collaborative Scientific and Technical Research in the Arctic Sciences and Geosciences
• Marianna Voevodskaya, National Science Foundation; David H. Lindeman; Shawn Wheeler
• The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States
• Wendy K. Warnick, ARCUS
• Is the Decreasing Arctic Sea Ice Cover Caused by Increasing Greenhouse Gases?
• John W. Weatherly, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab
• International Partners in Ice Core Science (IPICS)
• Jim White, University of Colorado; Eric Wolff

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