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Ecological Mapping and Permafrost Database for Northern Alaska (Final Ecological Mapping Update (2014))
Note:This revision updates the geodatabase and shapefiles associated with the prior Landscape Level Ecological Mapping of Northern Alaska (NOAK). It includes recoding of some... -
Teshekpuk Lake Observatory
Teshekpuk Lake is the largest lake in the Alaskan Arctic and the third largest lake in the state. The Teshekpuk Lake region provides important habitat to a wide variety of... -
Genetic Variation, Relatedness, and Effective Population Size of Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in the southern Beaufort Sea, Alaska
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are unique among bears in that they are adapted to the Arctic sea ice environment. Genetic data are useful for understanding their evolution and... -
Understanding the impacts of thermokarst lakes on permafrost stability, C cycling and greenhouse gas emissions
This research integrates field studies in a range of disciplines (geomorphology, geophysics, paleoecology, hydrology, limnology) with process modeling of permafrost thaw, lake... -
WERC North Slope Hydrology Research Projects
Monitoring stations dispersed throughout the North Slope and other parts of northern Alaska record metrological, hydrological and soil data. Publications: Adhikari, H; Barnes,... -
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... -
Arctic LTER Terrestrial Research
Monitoring various tundra ecosystems, as well as manipulating different aspects of the ecosystems, such as nutrients and shading, and observing the responses. Existing data for... -
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.... -
A Review of Aircraft-Subsistence Harvester Conflict in Arctic Alaska
The traditional harvest of wild resources carries significant nutritional, economic, and sociocultural values for rural residents in the Arctic, especially for Indigenous... -
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....
