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Alaska Geobotany Center
Mission Of The Arctic Geobotany Center is to: Explore and understand Arctic geoecological relationships and dynamics at local to global scales; Promote interdisciplinary Arctic... -
Developing Indigenous Research Methodologies in the Arctic (IRM-A): Examining the Impacts of Settlement on Socialization and Youth Experience in Siberia and Alaska
This innovative, collaborative, comparative ethnographic inquiry aims to explore the ways indigenous research methodologies can be effectively utilized in the study of arctic... -
Chemical, Physical and Biological processes linking snow and sea ice to the Arctic Ocean mixed layer: Improving models through the MOSAiC platform
This project will quantify and track changes in the inventory and fluxes of key biogeochemical and physical parameters above, within and below the sea ice through a full year.... -
The Importance of Shelf Break Upwelling to Upper Trophic Level Ecology in the Western Beaufort Sea
The Beaufort Sea shelf break experiences frequent upwelling of deep, nutrient rich basin water onto the shelf. Such upwelling is not only a short-term source of heat, salt, and... -
Shrub Impacts on Nitrogen Inputs and Turnover in the Arctic, and the Potential Feedbacks to Vegetation and Climate Change
This project will assess the contributions of different shrub feedbacks to carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling. Snow depth will be manipulated with existing snow fences across a... -
The roles of plant roots, mycorrhizal fungi and uptake of deep nitrogen in the permafrost carbon feedback to warming climate
Release of carbon frozen in permafrost (frozen ground) has been identified as one of the strongest and most likely positive feedbacks between the biosphere and the warming... -
Cumulative Effects of Arctic Oil Development - planning and designing for sustainability
This project devises a sustainable approach to assessing the cumulative effects of oil exploration though combining detailed ground studies, local community input, industry... -
Quantifying and modeling the effects of deciduous shrubs and trees on the water balance of Arctic ecosystems
This project addresses an important question, based on surprising preliminary findings, about the role of deciduous shrubs and trees in the water balance of Arctic ecosystems....
