HARC Science Workshop 2003

List of Abstracts

Modeling Impacts of Hydrologic and Climatic Change on Humans in the Arctic

Lilian Alessa¹, Daniel White², Larry Hinzman³, Peter Schweitzer^4
1Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 3211 Providence Dr., Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA, Phone 907 786 1507, Fax 907 786 4607, afla [at] uaa.alaska.edu
²Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, PO Box 755860, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, Phone 907 474 6222, Fax 907 474 7979, ffdmw [at] uaf.edu
³Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, PO Box 755860, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, Phone 907 474 7331, Fax 907 474 7979, ffldh [at] uaf.edu
⁴Anthropology, University of Alaska, PO Box 757720, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, Phone 907 474 5015, Fax 907 474 7453, ffpps [at] uaf.edu

Freshwater is critical to the sustainability of humans and their activities in the Arctic. The availability and status of water resources may promote good health or propagate disease, support the distribution and quality of plants and animals used for subsistence and promote or impede access...

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The Common Raven (Corvus corax) on the North Slope of Alaska: Wildlife Management and the Human Dimension

Stacia A. Backensto¹, Abby N. Powell^2
1Biology and Wildlife/RR&A IGERT, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757000, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, Phone 907-457-2025, ftsab [at] uaf.edu
²Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757000, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, ffanp [at] aurora.alaska.edu

As we begin to identify the linkages and feedbacks among social and ecological systems within the context of global change, the need for collaborative and integrated research among natural scientists and social scientists becomes increasingly more apparent. Avian conservation efforts are directly shaped and...

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Adaptation and Sustainability in a Small Arctic Community: Results of an Agent-Based Simulation Model

Matthew Berman¹, Craig Nicolson², Gary Kofinas³, Stephanie Martin^4
1Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA, Phone (907)786-7716, matt.berman [at] uaa.alaska.edu
²Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
³Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK, USA
⁴Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, AK, USA

Climate warming could affect abundance, distribution, and access to wildlife that arctic communities harvest for subsistence. Another set of global forces increasingly directs local cash economies that support the logistics of subsistence activities as well as provide market consumption goods. Agent-based computational models may contribute...

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Contributions to Quaternary and Recent History of the Bering Sea Coast of Kamchatka, Russian Far East

Joanne Bourgeois¹, Tatiana Pinegina², Vera Ponomareva³, Veronika Dirksen⁴, Natalia Zaretskaia⁵, Kevin Pedoja^6
1Earth & Space Sciences, Univ. of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA, 98195-1310, USA, Phone 206 685-2443, Fax 206 543-0489, jbourgeo [at] u.washington.edu
²Inst. of Volcanic Geology & Geochemistry, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
³IVGG, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy and , Russia
⁴St. Petersburg, Russia
⁵Geological Institute, Moscow, Russia
⁶France

This cooperative interdisciplinary project is currently funded principally by NSF (EAR/INT), as well as by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. Funded objectives include 1) Holocene volcanic history (tephra stratigraphy) of northern Kamchatka, both on its own scientific merit, and also as a tool...

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Context and Climate Change: Lessons from Barrow, Alaska

Ronald D. Brunner^1
1Center for Public Policy Research, University of Colorado, Campus Box 333, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA, Phone 303-492-2955, Fax 303-492-0978, ronald.brunner [at] colorado.edu

At the University of Colorado my colleagues and I are half way through a 5-year HARC project designed to help the people of the North Slope adapt to climate change and variability on a more informed basis. This talk will review how we have...

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Simultaneous Application of Traditional and Scientific Ecological Knowledge to Ecological Change in the Nearshore Kotzebue Sound Ecosystem

Lisa M. Clough¹, Jeff Johnson², David Griffith³, Alex Whiting⁴, Will Ambrose⁵, Melinda Reynolds⁶, Terry Reynolds⁷, Steve Jewett^8
1Biology, East Carolina University, Howell Science Building, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA, Phone 252-328-1834, Fax 252-328-4178, CLOUGHL [at] MAIL.ECU.EDU
²Sociology and Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA, Phone 252-328-1753, johnsonje [at] mail.ecu.edu
³Anthropology and Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources, East Carolina University, NC, 27858, USA, Phone 252-328-1753, griffithd [at] mail.ecu.edu
⁴Kotzebue IRA, Post Office Box 296, Kotzebue, AK, 99752, USA, Phone 907-442-3467, sheep [at] otz.net
⁵Biology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 04240, USA, Phone 207-786-6114, wambrose [at] bates.edu
⁶Coastal Resource Management, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA, melinda_reynolds [at] yahoo.com
⁷Coastal Resource Management, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA, tar0401 [at] mail.ecu.edu
⁸Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, Phone 907-474-7841, jewett [at] ims.uaf.edu

The HARC initiative began in earnest in 1997, and sought to "assist arctic peoples to understand and respond to the effects of large-scale changes" (ARCUS 1997). We developed an interdisciplinary project in response to the broad guidelines of the HARC initiative, with a...

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North Atlantic Oscillation Driven Changes To Wave Climate in the Northeast Atlantic and Their Implications for Ferry Services to the Western Isles of Scotland

John Coll¹, David K. Woolf², Stuart W. Gibb³, Peter G. Challenor⁴, Michael Tsimplis^5
1Environmental Research Institute, UHI Millennium Insitute/Tyndall Centre For Climate Change, Castle Street, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7 JD, UK, Phone +44 (0) 1847 88, Fax + 44 (0) 1847 8, John.Coll [at] thurso.uhi.ac.uk
²Southampton Oceanography Centre/Tyndall Centre For Climate C, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton, AK, SO14 3ZH, UK, Phone + 44 (0) 23 805, Fax +44 (0) 23 8059, dkw [at] soc.soton.ac.uk
³Environmental Research Institute/Tyndall Centre For Climate , UHI Millennium Institute, Castle Street, Thurso, Caithness, AK, KW14 7JD, UK
⁴Southampton Oceanography Centre/Tyndall Centre For Climate C, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton, AK, SO14 3ZH, UK
⁵Southampton Oceanography Centre/Tyndall Centre For Climate C, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton, AK, UK

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the most prominent and recurrent pattern of atmospheric circulation variability over the middle and high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere and dictates climate variability from the eastern United States to Siberia and from the Arctic to the subtropical Atlantic....

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Shaking up the Neighborhood: Historic Perspective on Resilience and Vulnerability in the Gulf of Alaska

Jennie N Deo¹, Catherine W. Foster², Margaret R. Berger³, Ben Fitzhugh^4
1Anthropology, University of Washington, Box 353100, Seattle, WA, 98195-3100, USA, Phone 206-685-6650, jdeo [at] u.washington.edu
²Anthropology, University of Washington, Box 353100, Seattle, WA, 98195-3100, USA, Phone 206-685-6650, cwfoster [at] u.washington.edu
³Anthropology, University of Washington, Box 353100, Seattle, WA, 98195-3100, USA, Phone 206-685-6650, mrberger [at] u.washington.edu
⁴Anthropology, University of Washington, Box 353100, Seattle, WA, 98195-3100, USA, Phone 206-543-3285, fitzhugh [at] u.washington.edu

Around the North Pacific Rim of southern Alaska, human mobility and subsistence strategies have been heavily influenced by punctuated events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic ash fall, and by more-or-less gradual fluctuations in climate and sea level. Recent geological and geophysical research projects...

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Human Impacts to Fire Regime in Interior Alaska

La'ona DeWilde^1
1Department of Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 82175, Fairbanks, AK, 99708, USA

A thorough analysis of human impacts on Interior Alaska's fire regime demonstrates that human activities have a large effect on fire regime. The Fairbanks region, which has a large human population with road influences, differs from two other regions with low human populations with...

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Metadata, Long-Term Archiving and Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Data Coordination Center (ADCC) Management Services.

Rudolph J. Dichtl¹, Chris McNeave², Nancy Auerbach³, Betsy Sheffield ^4
1ARCSS Data Coordination Center (ADCC), University of Colorado, UCB 449, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449, USA, Phone 303-492-5532, Fax 303-492-2468, dichtl [at] nsidc.org
²ARCSS Data Coordination Center (ADCC), University of Colorado, UCB 449, Boulder, CO, 80300-0449, USA, Phone 303-492-1390, Fax 303-492-2468, mcneave [at] kryos.colorado.edu
³ARCSS Data Coordination Center, University of Colorado, UCB 449, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449, USA, Phone 303-492-4116, Fax 303-492-2468, auerbach [at] kryos.colorado.edu
⁴ARCSS Data Coordination Center, University of Colorado, UCB 449, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449, USA, Phone 303-492-4549, Fax 303-492-2468, betsys [at] kryos.colorado.edu

The ARCSS Data Coordination Center (ADCC) at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University of Colorado at Boulder, is the permanent, long-term data archive for all components of the ARCSS Program. Funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs, our focus...

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The Archeology of Glaciers and Snow Patches: A New Research Frontier

E. James Dixon¹, William F. Manley², Craig M. Lee^3
1Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1560 30th Street, 450 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0450, USA, Phone 303-735-7802, Fax 303-492-6388, jdixon [at] colorado.edu
²Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1560 30th Street, 450 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0450, USA
³Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1560 30th Street, 450 UCB, Boulder, AK, 80309-0450, USA

Approximately 10% of the earth's land surface is covered by ice. Global warming is rapidly melting ice and exposing rare archeological remains. These sites are important to understanding the role of high latitude and high altitude environments in human adaptation and cultural development. GIS modeling...

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Learning from the Local: Case Studies in Human Dimensions Research

Hallie C. Eakin^1
1Center for Atmospheric Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Circuito Exterior, Mexico D.F., 04510, Mexico, Phone 52 55 56 22 40 , eakin_unam [at] yahoo.com

In a field where research has emphasized the dynamics of broad regional and global processes extending far into the future, new attention to the problem of adaptation to climate change demands a focus on the present time and to the local scale. "Place-based" analyses...

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When Scientific Research and Socio-economic Advocacy Intersect: Experiences with Reindeer Herders in Alaska

Greg L. Finstad¹, Knut Kielland², William Schneider^3
1Reindeer Research Program, School of Natural Resources and A, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P. O. Box 757200, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-7200, USA, Phone (907) 474-6055, Fax (907) 474-7175, ffglf [at] uaf.edu
²Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, Phone (907) 474-7164
³Oral History Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK, USA

Northern People and their interactions with the Arctic environment are the central theme in the HARC initiative. Humans have the potential to influence the Arctic environment through a variety of activities. Do we as HARC researchers have the potential to shape human-environment feedbacks through our...

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Vulnerability of communities in the Canadian Arctic to risks associated with climate change: A framework for assessment

James D. Ford¹, Barry Smit^2
1Geography, University of Guelph, Hutt Building, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, USA, jford01 [at] uoguelph.ca
²Geography, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada, bsmit [at] uoguelph.ca

Adaptations to climate change vulnerabilities are recognized as important policy issues by international bodies such as the IPCC and UNFCCC, and by national governments. The Arctic is widely viewed as being particularly vulnerable to climate change related risks, including geophysical hazards such as coastal flooding...

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"When the Weather is Uggianaqtuq: Inuit Observations of Environmental Change" ó An Interactive CD-ROM

Shari Fox^1
1Department of Geography, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), CIRES, Campus Box 449, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449, USA, Phone 303 492 6115, Fax 303 492 2468, sfox [at] kryos.colorado.edu

This 'interactive poster' demonstrates a new multi-media CD-ROM to be released this fall entitled, "When the Weather is Uggianaqtuq: Inuit Observations of Environmental Change".

Uggianaqtuq is an Inuktitut (North Baffin dialect) word that means to behave unexpectedly, or in an unfamiliar way....

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How Climate Change Affects Society: Findings from the Northern Atlantic

Lawrence C. Hamilton^1
1Sociology Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824, USA, Phone 1-603-862-1859, Fax 1-603-862-3558, Lawrence.Hamilton [at] unh.edu

Historical and archaeological records provide rich empirical evidence about the human dimensions of climatic change. Societal impacts often cannot be described as direct, simple consequences of climate events, however. Instead, we commonly see complex patterns of interaction or synergy between climate and human...

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Designing a Regional Integrated Climate Research Program for the Pacific Northwest: Evolving Research Priorities for the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group

Alan F. Hamlet¹, Edward Miles², Philip Mote³, Nate Mantua⁴, Robert Francis⁵, Dennis P. Lettenmaier^6
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Box 352700, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA, Phone 206/685-1796, Fax 206/685-3836, hamleaf [at] u.washington.edu
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The Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Oceans (JISAO) Climate Impacts Group (CIG) at the University of Washington is one of several NOAA funded Regional Integrated Scientific Assessment (RISA) teams. The CIG's broadest goals have been to understand the implications of climate...

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Reconstructing Marine Resource Usage and Trophic Dynamics at Mink Island Site (XMK-030)

Amy C Hirons¹, Maribeth S. Murray², Jeanne M. Schaaf^3
1Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757220, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, Phone 907-474-5926, Fax 907-474-7204, ftach [at] uaf.edu
²Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757720, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, Phone 907-474-6751, Fax 907-474-7453, ffmsm [at] uaf.edu
³Lake Clark Katmai National Park and Preserve, 4230 University Drive, Suite 103, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA, Phone 907-271-1383, Fax 907-271-1382, jeanne_schaaf [at] nps.gov

The stable isotope signatures of marine vertebrates and seabirds recovered from this archaeological site offer excellent data on past environmental and ecological conditions over a 7000 year period. Alaska coastal sites contain well-preserved archaeofauna and abundant deposits of marine shellfish. Ocean productivity is recorded in...

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Creating Research Partnerships with Arctic Residents: Issues of Collaboration, Informed Consent and Human Subjects Review

Anne M. Jensen¹, Henry P. Huntington^2
1Science Division, Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corp., PO Box 577, Barrow, AK, 99723, USA
²Huntington Consulting, 23834 The Clearing Drive, Eagle River, AK, 99577, USA, Phone 907/696-3564, Fax 907/696-3565, hph [at] alaska.net

The structure and organization of Northern research and Northern research teams is evolving. This process has many positive aspects, and is welcomed by Northern residents. However, there are some associated issues which require explicit acknowledgement and careful consideration by all participants. ...

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Modeling Ecological Knowledge: Model Development, Validation, and Methods of Comparison

Jeffrey C. Johnson¹, David Griffith², Lisa Clough³, Terry Reynolds⁴, Alex Whiting^5
1ICMR, East Carolina University, Mamie Jenkins Building, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA, Phone 252-328-1753, Fax 252-328-4265, johnsonje [at] mail.ecu.edu
²Sociology and Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources, East Carolina Unversity, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA, Phone 252-328-1753, griffithd [at] mail.ecu.edu
³Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA, Phone 252-328-1834, cloughl [at] mail.ecu.edu
⁴Coastal Resource Management, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA, taro401 [at] mail.ecu.edu
⁵Kotzebue IRA, Post Office Box 296, Kotzebue, AK, 99, USA, Phone 907-442-3467, sheep [at] otz.net

There has been considerable interest in methods for documenting and modeling traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), local knowledge, indigenous knowledge, folk knowledge or whatever term one uses to represent what people know about the ecosystem in which they are embedded. Whereas much of the work in...

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Geological and geophysical research into the impact of earthquakes on prehistoric coastal occupation: the mid-Holocene occupation and abandonment of the Tanginak Spring Site

Elizabeth Mahrt¹, Bretwood Higman², Joseph MacGregor³, Joanne Bourgeois⁴, Ben Fitzhugh^5
1Earth and Space Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA, bmahrt [at] u.washington.edu
²Earth and Space Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA, hig314 [at] u.washington.edu
³Earth and Space Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA, joemac [at] u.washington.edu
⁴Earth and Space Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA, jbourgeo [at] u.washington.edu
⁵Anthropology, University of Washington, Box 353100, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA, Phone (206)543-9604, Fax (206)543-3285, fitzhugh [at] u.washington.edu

Since their earliest arrival, humans living on the tectonically active subarctic coastal margins of the northern Pacific have had to adapt to both gradual and rapid environmental changes. The research reported here documents the effects of dynamic geological processes on the settlement history of...

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Humans within Ecosystems: Getting Beyond 'Human Impacts' along the Southern Bering Sea and North Pacific

Herbert D. Maschner^1
1Department of Anthropology, Idaho State University, Campus Box 8005, Pocatello, ID, 83209, USA

Tradition and sustainability are buzz words among both indigenous peoples of the north and the scientists working there. In the past, tradition meant the maintenance of social and cultural identity while maintaining sustainability through settlement and economic flexibility. Today, largely because of the domineering agenda...

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Shared Knowledge for Decision-Making on Environment and Health Issues in the Arctic

Nancy G. Maynard¹, Boris S. Yurchak^2
1Earth Sciences/Code 900, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA/GSFC/Code 900, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA, Phone 301-614-6572, Fax 301-614-5620, nancy.g.maynard [at] nasa.gov
²Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology Center (GEST), NASA GSFC/Code 900, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA, Phone 301-614-5898, Fax 301-614-5620, boris_yurchak [at] hotmail.com

This paper will describe a remote sensing and GIS-based system to bring indigenous traditional knowledge together with contemporary scientific knowledge to address impacts resulting from changes in climate, environment, weather and pollution in the Arctic. As scientists and policy-makers from both indigenous and non-indigenous...

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Analyzing Climate Impacts: Experiences from CLIMAS

Barbara J. Morehouse^1
1Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of Arizona, 715 N. Park, 2nd Fl., Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA, Phone (520) 622-9018, Fax (520) 792-8795, morehoub [at] u.arizona.edu

The Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) project, funded by NOAA's Office of Global Programs under its Regional Science and Assessment (RISA) program, aims to carry out interdisciplinary, integrated research on climate impacts in the US Southwest and adjacent border region of Mexico. The project...

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Movements by Ice Floes Beyond the Horizon Near Barrow, Alaska, During the Spring Whaling Seasons of 2000 and 2001.

David W. Norton¹, Allison M. Graves^2
1Arctic Rim Research, 1749 Red Fox Drive, Fairbanks, AK, 99709, USA, Phone 907-479-5313, Fax 907-474-7204, arcrim [at] ptialaska.net
²Nuna Technologies, P.O. Box 190589, Anchorage, AK, 99519, USA, nunatech [at] usa.net

Coastal sea ice in Alaska's northern Chukchi Sea consists of shorefast ice and moving ice floes from immediately beyond fast ice, out some 100 km to coherent pack ice. Because coastal resistance to westward-drifting pack ice drops off west of Pt Barrow, a semi-permanent...

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Social-Ecological Resilience and the Future of Remote Resource-Dependent Communities

Martin D. Robards¹, Lilian Alessa^2
1Biology, University of Alaska, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA, Phone (907) 272-0649, mro [at] uaa.alaska.edu
²Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Biological Sciences (UAA), 3211 Providence Dr., Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA, Phone 907 786 1507, Fax 907 786 4607, afla [at] uaa.alaska.edu

Arctic communities have always strived to adapt to changing physical, biological, social, and cultural environments. Accordingly, they offer guidance in understanding how human communities perceive, articulate and make operational their biophysical environment. We will investigate how community resilience is generated and winnowed by differing...

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The continuation of "Contemporary Ideas of Nature and Civilization's Prospects for Countermeasures. Needs more spiritual ways for resolutions"

Vladimir F. Sevostianov^1
1n/a, Commander Islands&BC Nature Protection and Conservation Association, P.O. Box 5482, Victoria, BC, V8R 6S4, Canada, Phone n/a, Fax n/a, seaotter3 [at] hotmail.com

There was a precise understanding for the catastrophic collapse of the northern Pacific's unique ecosystem at the conference "Sustaining the Bering Sea: An International Conference for Collaboration" (April, 1-4, 2003, in Girdwood, Alaska, http://www.pacificenvironment.org/marine/sustaining_proceedings).

Without mentioning the detailed reasons behind these events we can...

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Human Dimensions of Climate Change at the Bering Strait Environmental Observatory

Gay Sheffield¹, Lee W. Cooper², Jacqueline M. Grebmeier^3
1Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 1300 College Road, Fairbanks , AK, 99701, USA, Phone 9074597248, gay_sheffield [at] fishgame.state.ak.us
²Ecology and Evoulutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, 10515 Research Drive, Suite 100, Knoxville , TN, 37932, USA, Phone 8659742990, Fax 8659747896, lcooper1 [at] utk.edu
³Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, 10515 Research Drive, Suite 100, Knoxville, TN, 37932, USA, Phone 8659742592, Fax 8659747896, jgrebmei [at] utk.edu

The major goal of the Bering Strait Environmental Observatory is to improve environmental observation capabilities in the Bering Strait region. In this sparsely populated, remote area adjacent to the Russian-U.S. boundary, local residents are heavily dependent upon subsistence food resources and they are keenly aware...

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The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States

Wendy K. Warnick^1
1Executive Director, ARCUS, 3535 College Rd. Suite 101, Fairbanks, AK, 99701, USA, Phone 907-474-1600, Fax 907-4741604, arcus [at] arcus.org

The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) is a nonprofit membership organization, composed of universities and institutions that have a substantial commitment to research in the Arctic. ARCUS promotes arctic research by improving communication among the arctic research community, by organizing workshops, and...

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Dam/Reservoir Impacts on Siberian Large River Streamflow Regime and Change

Daqing Yang¹, Doug Kane², Baisheng Ye^3
1Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 457 Duckering Building, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA, Phone 907-474-2468, Fax 907-474-7979, ffdy [at] uaf.edu
²Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 755860, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-5860, USA, Phone 907-474-7808, Fax 907-474-7979, ffdlk [at] uaf.edu
³Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China

Fresh water discharge from northern-flowing rivers plays an important role in regulating the thermohaline circulation of the world's oceans. Both the amount and the timing of freshwater inflow to the ocean systems are important to ocean circulation, salinity, and sea ice dynamics. Recent studies find...

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"HARC research considers human activity, both within and outside the Arctic, as a link and vital driver among the terrestrial, marine, and climatic subsystems. Accordingly, the initiative provides a significant opportunity to integrate ecosystem and climate studies with a broad range of the social sciences."
-- People and the Arctic: A Prospectus for Research on the Human Dimensions of the Arctic System.