Arctic Horizons, "a report on the needs of the Arctic social science community within the context of a rapidly changing circumpolar North." This report is the culmination of a two-year effort led by Arctic Social Science Program Director, Dr. Anna Kerttula, that will inform how NSF (and ideally other agencies) shapes their future Arctic social science programs.
ARCTIC CHANGE AND POSSIBLE INFLUENCE ON MID-LATITUDE CLIMATE AND WEATHER
A US CLIVAR White Paper - March 2018
spectacular
Convergence Research
BEYOND CONVERGENCE OF NANO-BIO-INFO-COGNITIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Edited by Mihail C. Roco, William S. Bainbridge, Bruce Tonn, and George Whitesides
The new world of discovery, invention, and innovation: convergence of knowledge, technology, and society, Mihail C. Roco • William S. Bainbridge
United States Permafrost Association
CWHC Wildlife Health Blog
Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative blog
UNE North
UNE NORTH: The Institute for North Atlantic Studies of the University of New England is an education and research leader for Maine connected to the North Atlantic/Arctic region grounded in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and built to support local to global collaborative approaches to shared challenges and opportunities. UNE NORTH will develop innovative partnerships that support a healthy environment, human health and wellness, recycling economies, scientific and ecologically-educated societies. UNE NORTH will train the next generation of leaders — its students, researchers, business and community partners — in sustainable development by building collaborative approaches to shared challenges and opportunities.
Arctic Futures Initiative
An important conclusion from several recent events in Finland and the USA was the need for a holistic, integrative assessment of plausible futures of the Arctic, cutting across different disciplines and individual countries’ strategic interests. As an international, independent, non-governmental institute, IIASA is in the process of initiating an Arctic Futures Initiative as a IIASA Futures Initiative, integrating academia, policy, business and society for a holistic understanding of the Arctic.
Arctic Futures Institute
The Arctic Futures Institute (AFI) is a joint initiative between three Maine-based partners: the Center for Oceans & Coastal Law of the University of Maine School of Law, the Climate Change Institute of the University of Maine, and the World Ocean Observatory. The three founding AFI institutions are a unique combination of science, law, policy and outreach based in Maine.
ARCUS - resources for Conducting Research with Northern Communities
Scientific research in the Arctic necessitates good communication and cooperation with northern communities. The following list is a compilation of resources, recommendations, and "best practices" from a variety of organizations. This webpage is intended to be a living resource and will be updated as new information becomes available. Each community has a unique set of requests for researcher conduct and level of desired inclusivity. As such, direct communication and relationships with community leaders should be the highest priority.
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The Arctic in U.S. National Identity (2015)
In October and November 2015, the Arctic Studio conducted a series of online surveys to explore the role of the Arctic in U.S. national identity.
Arctic Net
Quebec
US Coast Guard Center for Arctic Study & Policy
Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART)
A pan-Arctic, international and interdisciplinary scientific network of early career scientists (ECS). Our major goals are:
a) to improve our understanding of the past, present and future responses of Arctic ecosystems to sea ice transitions and climate change by bridging science disciplines, geographic regions, and time scales, and
b) to create an active network of early career scientists from all disciplines.
International Arctic Science Committee
The objective of the IASC is to promote research collaboration in the Arctic region and to provide advice to the international community on the issues of the Arctic. The organization brings together public research institutes and associations from 23 countries and has established itself as one of the most important international forums for research and surveillance in the Arctic.
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research
Located in Bremerhaven, Germany, it conducts research in the Arctic, in the Antarctic and in the high and mid latitude oceans. Additional research topics are: North Sea research, marine biological monitoring and technical marine developments. The institute was founded in 1980 and is named after meteorologist, climatologist and geologist Alfred Wegener.
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is an international and interdisciplinary organization for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, early faculty members, educators and others with interests in Polar Regions and the wider cryosphere.
2019
Fahnestock, M. F.; Bryce, J. G.; McCalley, C. K.; Montesdeoca, M.; Bai, S.; Li, Y.; Driscoll, C. T.; Crill, P. M.; Rich, V. I.; Varner, R. K.
Mercury reallocation in thawing subarctic peatlands Journal Article
In: Geochemical Perspectives Letters, pp. 33–38, 2019, ISSN: 24103403.
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author = {M. F. Fahnestock and J. G. Bryce and C. K. McCalley and M. Montesdeoca and S. Bai and Y. Li and C. T. Driscoll and P. M. Crill and V. I. Rich and R. K. Varner},
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2018
Hamilton, Lawrence C.; Lemcke-Stampone, Mary; Grimm, Curt
Cold Winters Warming? Perceptions of Climate Change in the North Country Journal Article
In: Weather, Climate, and Society, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 641–652, 2018, ISSN: 1948-8327.
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title = {Cold Winters Warming? Perceptions of Climate Change in the North Country},
author = {Lawrence C. Hamilton and Mary Lemcke-Stampone and Curt Grimm},
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abstract = {Public acceptance of the reality of human-caused climate change has risen gradually in the United States, reflecting cumulative impacts from scientific research and communication, and perhaps also from experienced manifestations such as extreme weather or change to familiar seasons. In the rural North Country of northern New England, a key manifestation of climate change has been warming winters. A 2017 survey asked North Country residents whether they thought that recent winters have been warmer compared with earlier decades. Winter warming, which in this historically snowy region has broad impacts ranging from the economy to everyday life, was recognized by a majority of residents young and old, male and female, with little or much education—but not by the most conservative. Although our winter question does not mention climate change, responses followed patterns similar to a subsequent question about human-caused climate change. Moreover, the partisan gradient in response to both winter and climate questions is steepest among people reporting that most of their friends belong to the same political party. Partisan constraints on perception of a mundane physical reality could limit the scope for weather or climate experiences to alter beliefs among those whose political/social identity favors climate-change rejection.},
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2017
Xufeng, Wang; Jingfeng, Xiao; Xin, Li; Guodong, Cheng; Mingguo, Ma; Tao, Che; Liyun, Dai; Shaoying, Wang; Jinkui, Wu
No Consistent Evidence for Advancing or Delaying Trends in Spring Phenology on the Tibetan Plateau Journal Article
In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, vol. 122, no. 12, pp. 3288-3305, 2017.
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title = {No Consistent Evidence for Advancing or Delaying Trends in Spring Phenology on the Tibetan Plateau},
author = {Wang Xufeng and Xiao Jingfeng and Li Xin and Cheng Guodong and Ma Mingguo and Che Tao and Dai Liyun and Wang Shaoying and Wu Jinkui},
url = {https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2017JG003949},
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year = {2017},
date = {2017-12-12},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences},
volume = {122},
number = {12},
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abstract = {Abstract Vegetation phenology is a sensitive indicator of climate change and has significant effects on the exchange of carbon, water, and energy between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere. The Tibetan Plateau, the Earth’s textquotedblleftthird pole,textquotedblright is a unique region for studying the long-term trends in vegetation phenology in response to climate change because of the sensitivity of its alpine ecosystems to climate and its low-level human disturbance. There has been a debate whether the trends in spring phenology over the Tibetan Plateau have been continuously advancing over the last two to three decades. In this study, we examine the trends in the start of growing season (SOS) for alpine meadow and steppe using the Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS)3g normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data set (1982–2014), the GIMMS NDVI data set (1982–2006), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) NDVI data set (2001–2014), the Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre Vegetation (SPOT-VEG) NDVI data set (1999–2013), and the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) NDVI data set (1998–2007). Both logistic and polynomial fitting methods are used to retrieve the SOS dates from the NDVI data sets. Our results show that the trends in spring phenology over the Tibetan Plateau depend on both the NDVI data set used and the method for retrieving the SOS date. There are large discrepancies in the SOS trends among the different NDVI data sets and between the two different retrieval methods. There is no consistent evidence that spring phenology (textquotedblleftgreen-uptextquotedblright dates) has been advancing or delaying over the Tibetan Plateau during the last two to three decades. Ground-based budburst data also indicate no consistent trends in spring phenology. The responses of SOS to environmental factors (air temperature, precipitation, soil temperature, and snow depth) also vary among NDVI data sets and phenology retrieval methods. The increases in winter and spring temperature had offsetting effects on spring phenology.},
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