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USGS Gas Hydrates Project
Study gas hydrates by a variety of methods, but the ANS task is focused on determining what is the ultimate resource potential of the known gas hydrate and associated free-gas... -
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... -
Carbon Chemistry and Microbiology of Permafrost Soils
Characterizes the carbon chemistry, microbial communities, and their function in surface and permafrost soils from throughout interior Alaska. This project is in close... -
Near Surface Permafrost Dynamics as an Essential Climate Variable
Permafrost was recently listed as a terrestrial Essential Climate Variable and several potential mechanisms of change can be quantified with remote sensing time series. We plan... -
Ecology, Soil Carbon, and Permafrost Experiments (ECOSCAPE)
This experiment is structured to understand fundamental biogeochemical feedbacks from permafrost thaw, and address the needs of the Integrated Ecosystem Model (IEM) project... -
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... -
Mapping Permafrost and Gas Hydrate using Marine Controlled Source Electromagnetic Methods (CSEM)
The objective of this project is to develop and test a towed electromagnetic source and receiver system suitable for deployment from small coastal vessels to map near-surface... -
Gas Hydrate Energy Production Studies in Northern Alaska
The primary objective of this effort is to evaluate the production response of the know gas hydrate accumulations in the area of the Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk River production...
