Adaptation Planning for Climate Change
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University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA)
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The University of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies (ICHS) was awarded a grant from the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC/NCEH). The goals of this study are to (a) coordinate a community-based network of lay observers, (b) develop a toolkit to guide sentinel surveillance of climate change related events, (c)...
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2010-01-01
2012-11-30
2018-08-09 15:06:50 -0800
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Toward a Predictive Model of Arctic Coastal Retreat in a Warming Climate, Beaufort Sea Alaska
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US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
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The long-term goal of this project is to quantify the environmental drivers of extremely rapid coastal
erosion in the Arctic, and to begin developing predictive models of future rates of coastal erosion
resulting from climate change. Our study is focused on the Beaufort Sea coast within the National
Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A), approximately halfway between Barrow and Prudhoe Bay. ...
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2007-01-01
2010-12-31
2016-02-24 09:15:24 -0900
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Greenhouse gas mitigation can reduce sea-ice loss and increase polar bear persistence
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US Geological Survey (USGS)
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Polar bears live only in marine regions of the Northern Hemisphere where sea-ice cover persists for long enough to allow them sufficient opportunity to access their marine mammal prey. Recent declines in summer Arctic sea ice have coincided with declines in some polar bear populations, and a US Geological Survey report in 2007 projected that with 'business as usual' emissions, polar bears could...
Remote
2010-03-30
2018-08-09 15:05:59 -0800
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Global Tundra Vegetation Change
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Canadian Cryospheric Information Network (CCIN)
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These data were collected in conjunction with two International Polar Year (IPY) synthesis projects, looking at 1. Vegetation responses to warming in sites worldwide and 2. Long-term changes in unmanipulated control plots.
Plot-based data was collected on vegetation abundance (cover, point-frame hits, biomass, subplot frequency, stem-counts) from permanently marked plots, transects, and...
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1980-07-20
2010-07-31
2018-08-09 15:06:04 -0800
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Survival and breeding of polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea in relation to sea ice
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US Geological Survey (USGS)
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1. Observed and predicted declines in Arctic sea ice have raised concerns about marine mammals. In May 2008, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed polar bears (Ursus maritimus) – one of the most ice-dependent marine mammals – as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act.
2. We evaluated the effects of sea ice conditions on vital rates (survival and breeding probabilities) for polar...
Remote
2001-01-01
2006-12-31
2018-08-09 15:06:05 -0800
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Arctic Report Card
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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The Arctic Report Card (www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/) considers a wide range of environmental observations throughout the Arctic, and is updated annually. A major conclusion of the 2011 Report is that there are now a sufficient number of years of data to indicate a shift in the Arctic Ocean system since 2006. This shifted is characterized by the persistent decline in the thickness and summer...
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2011-01-01
2011-12-31
2018-08-09 15:08:13 -0800
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Evaluating the bottom up effects of changing habitats: climate changes, vegetative phenology, and the nutrient dynamics of ungulate forages in the Alaskan Arctic
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US Geological Survey (USGS)
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For northern ungulates, such as caribou, the high seasonal variation in plant abundance and quality accentuates the need to replenish body stores during a short growing season that is critical for reproduction and winter survival. Consequently, the predominant nutritional effects of climate changes to populations of northern herbivores are likely to be mediated through vegetative changes...
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2010-01-01
2016-12-31
2018-08-09 15:08:54 -0800
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Assessing the Western Arctic Boundary Current and its role in the Arctic ecosystem and climate change
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI)
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The Western Arctic Boundary Current, which flows out of Barrow Canyon onto the continental slope of the Beaufort Sea. A multi-disciplinary mooring is located at 152o W in the center of the current, and is maintained as part of the Arctic Observing Network (AON). The AON mooring measures the physical properties of the boundary current
(temperature, salinity, turbidity, velocity, ice...
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2012-10-05
2013-10-10
2018-08-09 15:10:06 -0800
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Sea Ice Index
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National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
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The monthly Sea Ice Index provides a quick look at Arctic-wide changes in sea ice. It is a source for consistent ice extent and concentration images and data values from 1978 to the present. Monthly images show sea ice extent with an outline of the median extent for that month (magenta line). Other monthly images show sea ice concentration and anomalies and trends in concentration.
Ongoing
1978-01-01
2018-08-09 15:10:14 -0800
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Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program: Chemical Oceanography
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Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS)
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The primary objective of the ocean acidification program is to describe spatial, seasonal and interannual variability in the marine carbon cycle to assess the extent and potential impacts of ocean acidification. Secondarily, data are obtained via CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) casts that will better characterize how much of a sink the Chukchi Sea provides for atmospheric CO2. This data...
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2010-07-01
2018-08-09 15:08:45 -0800
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Climate change, hydrology, and Arctic grayling in the Kuparuk River
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US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
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Multi-discipline project with objectives including describing large and small scale
movements of Arctic grayling and hydrologic factors that affect stream discharge to understand the potential for stream drying and its affects on Arctic grayling migration.
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2018-08-09 15:08:45 -0800
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Benthic lower trophic level food webs in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas – baselines and relevance of sea ice algal production
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North Pacific Research Board (NPRB)
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This project seeks to investigate NPRB’s Arctic Focus Section Priority: Climate change effects on Arctic lower trophic food webs. Warming trends in the Arctic and increasing loss of sea ice and its associated primary production are thought to have profound effects on the energy flow on Arctic shelves. Based on information from other recent projects, we plan to fill specific gaps in our existing...
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2012-08-01
2015-01-30
2018-08-09 15:08:53 -0800
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PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ANALYSIS OF COASTAL EROSION ALONG THE CHUKCHI COAST AT BARROW, ALASKA
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University of Colorado (UCOL)
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A variety of empirical and modeling approaches are being taken to assess the history and risk of
erosion and flooding along the Chukchi Sea coast near Barrow, Alaska. Part of a broad
assessment of climate impacts for the North Slope (nome.colorado.edu/HARC), this study
utilizes softcopy photogrammetry and GIS to quantify coastal erosion over the last five decades.
Barrow was also...
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1948-01-01
1997-12-31
2018-08-09 15:06:07 -0800
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The Role of Lichens, Reindeer, and Climate in Ecosystem Change on a Bering Sea Island
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Institute of Arctic Biology UAF (IAB)
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Archived reports from an international controversy in the early 1890s over management of the harvest
of fur seals, Callorhinus ursinus, on the Pribilof Islands in the southeastern Bering Sea provided an unanticipated record
of observations on the growth of lichens in association with the prevailing climatic conditions. The abundance of lichens
observed in plant communities on the Pribilof...
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1949-01-01
2010-11-30
2018-08-09 15:06:05 -0800
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An exploration of the direct and indirect effects of climatic warming on arctic lake ecosystems
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Utah State University (USU)
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This project will complete a multi-year, whole-lake warming manipulation, to quantify the effects of future climate change on lake ecosystems in the Arctic. In addition, regional climate and lake models will be coupled with biotic responses to better understand the sensitivity of lakes to changing atmospheric conditions. The project is designed to answer: How will warmer lake temperatures and...
Ongoing
2016-07-15
2021-06-30
2020-10-27 16:47:47 -0800
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Enhancing forecasts of polar bear response to a rapidly changing Arctic ecosystem (Enhanced polar bear habitat models)
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US Geological Survey (USGS)
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Satellite radio telemetry has been an important tool for assessing distribution, activity levels and habitat use patterns polar bears. This information is necessary for development of polar bear energetic profiles. Since 1985, these data have been derived primarily from Doppler satellite telemetry. Doppler satellite telemetry provides relatively course-grained data on polar bear movements....
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2012-01-01
2015-12-31
2020-10-28 13:50:40 -0800
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Lidar-based biomass and structure mapping in the Yukon River Basin
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US Geological Survey (USGS)
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Current climate predictions indicate that high northern latitude ecosystems will experience significant change over the next century and beyond. This is expected to have an impact on forest structure, including aboveground biomass (AGB), and therefore on the flux of carbon in the boreal forests that contribute to these ecosystems. Also, fire frequency and severity are both expected to increase,...
Ongoing
2010-01-01
2018-08-09 15:07:43 -0800
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Fish Creek Watershed
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UAF Institute of Northern Engineering (UAF INE)
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Establishing a process baseline for fish habitat in beaded streams and connected lakes in an area of the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A) scheduled for petroleum development. This involves monitoring stream discharge, temperature, and water quality in four catchments where development is planned and a reference catchment. Lake and weather monitoring, geomorphic mapping, and snow and...
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2009-01-01
2018-08-09 15:07:45 -0800
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Arctic Change
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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The objective of this website is to present recent indicators that describe the present state of the Arctic climate and ecosystem in an accessible, understandable, and credible historical context. A summary of changes are listed in the Table of Indicators.
The Arctic is a vast, ice-covered ocean that is surrounded by tree-less, frozen land, which is often covered with snow and ice. The...
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1970-01-01
2018-08-09 15:08:35 -0800
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Holocene Hydroclimate of Western North America
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US Geological Survey (USGS)
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This project is the study of past climate and environmental change from lake sediment climate-proxies to document variability and spatial patterns and more fully understand past, ongoing and future climate change and its impacts. The focus is on hydroclimate and the Holocene time period of the past 10,000 years to present. Areas of study are in western North America, including Alaska, with a...
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2012-01-01
2017-12-31
2018-10-19 17:34:54 -0800
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