Climate change Projects

This online project catalog has been developed to provide a tool to the arctic research community for discovering and sharing information about SEARCH-related projects supported through various funding agencies.

There are currently 126 projects contained within this database. The Project Catalog is under continual development and improvement as additional projects and user functionality is added. If you have any questions or suggestions about the SEARCH Project Catalog, please contact Helen Wiggins.

Below is an overview of all projects currently published in the catalog. The tabs above may be used to 'Filter' by keyword, region, or implementation category, or to run a full text 'Search' against all fields contained in the catalog. Full project details may be viewed by clicking on a project title in the table below.

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Title	PIs	Project Period	Related Programs
Diamonds and Oil from the Tundra: A System Study on the Impact of Changing Seasons on Mining and Oil Exploration	Matthew Sturm (SnowHydroAK@gmail.com)	09/01/2009 - 08/31/2011	Arctic System Science Program
Understanding Climate-Driven Phenological Change: Observations, Adaptations, and Cultural Implications in Northeastern Siberia and Labrador/Nunatsiavut	Susan Crate (scrate1@gmu.edu)	09/01/2009 - 08/31/2012	Arctic System Science Program
Development and Implementation of the Terrestrial Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network (CEON)	Craig Tweedie (ctweedie@utep.edu)	03/15/2006 - 07/31/2009	Arctic Observing Network
Atmospheric Observatories	Taneil Uttal (taneil.uttal@noaa.gov)	10/01/2003	Arctic Observing Network International Polar Year Study of Environmental Arctic Change
Analysis and attribution of changes in Siberian hydroclimate and implications for the future	Judah Cohen (jcohen@aer.com)	09/01/2009 - 08/31/2012	Arctic System Science Program
Seasons of Change in the Arctic Environment	Mark Serreze (serreze@kryos.colorado.edu)	07/01/2009 - 06/30/2012	Arctic System Science Program
Effects of warming-induced increases in shrub abundance and changing seasonality on migratory songbirds in Alaskan arctic tundra	Natalie Boelman (nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu)	09/01/2009 - 08/31/2014	Arctic System Science Program
Effects of Lengthening Growing Season and Increasing Temperature on Soil Carbon Fluxes and Stocks in Arctic Tundra	Jianwu (Jim) Tang (jtang@mbl.edu)	09/01/2009 - 08/31/2010	Arctic System Science Program
How the Timing of Summer Precipitation Affects the Responses of Boreal Forest to Climate Change	Georgia Murray	07/01/2009 - 07/30/2012	Arctic System Science Program
Collaborative Research: Sustaining and amplifying the ITEX AON through automation and increased interdisciplinarity of observations	Jeffrey Welker (afjmw1@uaa.alaska.edu)	08/15/2009 - 07/31/2014	Arctic Observing Network
AON: Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP) in North America and Northern Eurasia: The US Contribution to the International network of Permafrost Observatories (INPO)	Vladimir Romanovsky (veromanovsky@alaska.edu)	06/15/2009 - 05/31/2014	Arctic Observing Network
The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network--CALM III (2009-2014): Long-term Observations on the Climate-Active Layer-Permafrost System	Nikolay Shiklomanov (shiklom@gwu.edu)	08/15/2009 - 12/31/2009	Arctic Observing Network
Collaborative Research: IPY: Dynamic Controls on Tidewater Glacier Retreat	W. Tad Pfeffer (tad.pfeffer@colorado.edu)	04/15/2008 - 03/31/2011	Arctic Observing Network
Coordination, Data Management and Enhancement of the International Arctic Buoy Programme	Ignatius Rigor (ignatius@apl.washington.edu)	08/15/2009 - 07/31/2014	Arctic Observing Network
Fire In the Arctic Landscape: Impacts, Interactions And Links To Global and Regional Environmental Change	Gaius Shaver (gshaver@mbl.edu)	06/15/2009 - 05/31/2012	Arctic Observing Network
The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network--CALM III (2009-2014): Long-term Observations on the Climate-Active Layer-Permafrost System	Nikolay Shiklomanov (shiklom@gwu.edu)	08/15/2009 - 04/30/2014	Arctic Observing Network
Developing an Understanding and Predictive Capability for the Interconnections Among Arctic Terrestrial, Atmospheric, and Marine Systems	Walter Oechel (oechel@sunstroke.sdsu.edu)	09/15/2004 - 08/31/2008	Study of the Northern Alaska Coastal System
Flux and Transformation of Organic Carbon across the Eroding Coastline of Northern Alaska	Chien-Lu Ping (cping@alaska.edu)	09/15/2004 - 08/31/2008	Study of the Northern Alaska Coastal System
IPY: Collaborative Research: The Pacific Gateway to the Arctic - Quantifying and Understanding Bering Strait Oceanic Fluxes	Thomas Weingartner (tjweingartner@alaska.edu)	03/01/2007 - 02/28/2011	Arctic Observing Network International Polar Year
IPY: Halogen Chemistry and Ocean-Atmosphere-Sea Ice-Snowpack (OASIS) Chemical Exchange During IPY	Paul Shepson (pshepson@purdue.edu)	10/01/2007 - 09/30/2010	International Polar Year Study of Environmental Arctic Change
Ocean-Ice Interaction Measurements using Autonomous Ocean Flux Buoys in the Arctic Observing System	Tim Stanton (stanton@nps.edu)	02/01/2006 - 01/31/2008	Arctic Observing Network International Polar Year
Collaborative Research: Effect of a Warming Climate on Arctic Shelf and Basin Calanus Populations: Implications for Pan-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics	Carin Ashjian (cashjian@whoi.edu)	09/15/2007 - 08/31/2010	Shelf-Basin Interactions Project II
Collaborative Research: A Modeling Comparison of the Alaskan and Mackenzie Shelves	Kevin Arrigo (arrigo@stanford.edu)	09/15/2007 - 08/31/2010	Shelf-Basin Interactions Project II
Collaborative Research: Determining the Present and Future Ocean Carbon Dynamics in the Chukchi Sea and Pan-Arctic Ocean: A Contribution to Shelf-Basin Interactions (SBI) Phase III	S. Bradley Moran (moran@gso.url.edu)	09/01/2007 - 08/31/2010	Shelf-Basin Interactions Project II
Collaborative Research: Toward Reanalysis of the Arctic Climate System - Sea Ice and Ocean Reconstruction with Data Assimilation	Gleb Panteleev (gleb@iarc.uaf.edu)	08/22/2006 - 07/31/2009	Arctic System Science Program Synthesis of Arctic System Science
Is the Arctic Human Environment Moving to a New State?	Jack Kruse (afjak@uaa.alaska.edu)	04/01/2007 - 03/31/2011	Arctic Observing Network International Polar Year
A Prototype Network for Measuring Arctic Winter Precipitation and Snow Cover (Snow-Net)	Matthew Sturm (SnowHydroAK@gmail.com)	03/15/2007 - 02/28/2009	Arctic Observing Network
Long-term Measurements and Observations for the International Arctic Research Community on the Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska	Douglas Kane (dlkane@alaska.edu)	04/15/2004 - 03/31/2010	Arctic Observing Network
Bering Sea Sub-network: International Community-Based Observation Alliance for Arctic Observing Network (BSSN)	Victoria Gofman (victoriag@alaska.net)	06/01/2007 - 05/31/2008	Arctic Observing Network International Polar Year
State of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover: An Integrated Seasonal Ice Zone Observing Network (SIZONET)	Hajo Eicken (hajo.eicken@gi.alaska.edu)	01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010	Arctic Observing Network
Development of Data Products for the University of Wisconsin High Spectral Resolution Lidar	Edwin Eloranta (eloranta@lidar.ssec.wisc.edu)	02/01/2007 - 01/31/2010	Arctic Observing Network
RUSALCA 2004 Stations	Jackie Grebmeier (jgrebmei@umces.edu)	07/23/2004	Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
Beaufort Gyre System: Flywheel of the Arctic	Andrey Proshutinsky (aproshutinsky@whoi.edu)	10/01/2004 - 09/30/2010	Arctic Observing Network
North Pole Station: A Distributed Long-term Environmental Observatory	James (Jamie) Morison (morison@apl.washington.edu)	09/01/2004 - 08/31/2010	Arctic Observing Network
Downscaling Global Climate Projections to the Ecosystems of the Bering Sea with Nested Biophysical Models	Nicholas Bond (nicholas.bond@noaa.gov)	08/15/2007 - 08/31/2008	Bering Ecosystem Study
The Impact of Changes in Sea Ice Extent on Primary Production, Phytoplankton Community Structure, and Export in the Eastern Bering Sea	S. Bradley Moran (moran@gso.url.edu)	09/01/2007 - 08/31/2008	Bering Ecosystem Study
Benthic Ecosystem Response to Changing Ice Cover in the Bering Sea	Jackie Grebmeier (jgrebmei@umces.edu)	11/01/2007 - 08/31/2008	Bering Ecosystem Study
Nelson Island Natural and Cultural History Project	Mark John (mjohn@gci.net)	10/01/2006 - 09/30/2008	Bering Ecosystem Study
The Trophic Role of Euphausiids in the Eastern Bering Sea: Ecosystem Responses to Changing Sea-ice Conditions	Evelyn Lessard (elessard@u.washington.edu)	09/15/2007 - 08/31/2008	Bering Ecosystem Study
Dentrification and Global Change in Bering Sea Shelf Sediments	Allan Devol (devol@ocean.washington.edu)	09/01/2006 - 08/31/2010	Bering Ecosystem Study
The Impact of Changes in Sea Ice on the Physical Forcings of the Eastern Bering Ecosystem - Retrospective Investigation and Future Projection		08/01/2006 - 07/31/2010	Bering Ecosystem Study Synthesis of Arctic System Science
Halomethane Gas Exchange in Northern Alaska Coastal Ecosystems	Robert Rhew (rrhew@atmos.berkeley.edu)	09/15/2004 - 08/31/2008	Study of the Northern Alaska Coastal System
IPY: Collaborative Research: Study of Arctic Ecosystem Changes in the IPY Using the International Tundra Experiment	Julia Klein (jklein@cnr.colostate.edu)	02/15/2007 - 01/31/2011	Arctic Observing Network International Polar Year
IPY: Towards an Arctic Observing Network: An Array of Ice-Tethered Profilers to Sample the Upper Ocean Water Properties During the International Polar Year	John Toole (jtoole@whoi.edu)	02/01/2007 - 01/31/2011	Arctic Observing Network International Polar Year
Stratification on the Bering Shelf and its Consequences for Nutrients and the Ecosystem: The Effects of Ice and Coastal Water Advection	Knut Aagaard (aagaard@apl.washington.edu)	09/15/2007 - 08/31/2008	Bering Ecosystem Study
Collaborative Research: Syntheses of Sea Ice, Climate, and Human Systems in the Arctic and Subarctic (SYNICE)	Jeffery Rogers (rogers.21@osu.edu)	09/15/2006 - 08/31/2009	Arctic System Science Program Synthesis of Arctic System Science
Heterogeneity and Resilience of Human-Rangifer Systems: A Circumpolar Social-Ecological Synthesis	Gary Kofinas (gary.kofinas@alaska.edu)	09/15/2005 - 08/31/2010	Synthesis of Arctic System Science
A synthesis of rapid meltwater and ice discharge changes: large forcings from the ice with impacts on global sea level and North Atlantic freshwater budgets	Richard Alley (ralley@essc.psu.edu)	09/01/2005 - 08/31/2010	Synthesis of Arctic System Science
Humans and Hydrology at High Latitudes	Richard Lammers (richard.lammers@unh.edu)	08/15/2005 - 07/31/2010	Synthesis of Arctic System Science
Greening of the Arctic - Synthesis and Models to Examine the Effects of Climate, Sea-ice, and Terrain on Circumpolar Vegetation Change	Howard Epstein (hee2b@virginia.edu)	09/01/2005 - 08/31/2009	Synthesis of Arctic System Science