Documents
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| 2018 Alaska Seabird Die-off |
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"2018 Alaska Seabird Die-off." Educational flyer produced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Migratory Bird Management, Anchorage, Alaska, August 2018. |
 2018 Alaska Seabird Die-off.pdf |
Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | |
| 2019 Bering Sea Groundfish and Crab Survey |
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Northern Bering Sea Groundfish and Crab Trawl Survey Highlights, 2019 by Lyle Britt, Liz Dawson, Rebecca Haehn, and Duane Stevenson. Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, Seattle, Washington, 2019. |
Groundfish and Crab Survey_NOAA.pdf |
Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | |
| After the Ice Video Series |
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After the Ice is a three-part video series that captures the stories of Indigenous communities immensely challenged by sea ice loss in Alaska’s Bering Sea region. Funded by the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH), sea ice scientists partnered with the Bering Sea Elders Group, an association of Alaska Native elders representing 39 Iñupiat and Yup’ik tribes in Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and Bering Strait region, to create the films. The videos can be viewed on the SEARCH website, the Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA) website, or beginning in early October 2020 the series will be broadcast by Alaska Public Media and available to stream for free at PBS.org. |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks, Sea Ice in Northern Alaska | |
| Algal Toxins in Seabirds and Marine Mammals |
"Harmful Algal Toxins in Alaska's Seabirds and Marine Mammals." Summary article by the National Park Service. |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | ||
| Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network Publications |
Reports and publications produced by the National Park Service's Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network for five parks in northern Alaska: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Kobuk Valley National Park, and Noatak National Preserve. |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | ||
| Arctic Landscape Explorer (ALEX) |
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Arctic Landscape EXplorer (ALEX) contains data on satellite-derived trends in land surface changes at 30 meter resolution for the entire Arctic permafrost region for the 20 years from 2003 to 2022. The freely available online tool features an easy-to-use and well-explained map interface and was developed specifically for non-experts to meet the information needs of Arctic communities in areas with permafrost. It includes a localized view of the information provided and a storytelling component. Consultations with local representatives and stakeholders from Alaska aimed to ensure that their actual information needs are met.
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Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | |
| Arctic PASSION |
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Arctic PASSION is a European-funded circumpolar project aimed at creating an integrated pan-Arctic observing system for scientific and community-based monitoring of environmental change, with the integration of Indigenous and local knowledge. It provides streamlined access to arctic data systems and services. Arctic PASSION is a project of the Alfred-Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany. |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks, Sea Ice in Northern Alaska | |
| Bering Science, Fall 2020 |
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"Bering Science: Fall 2020 Bering Region Ocean Update - Summer Science Highlights." By J. Prewitt, H.R. McFarland, R. Thoman, and M. McCammon. Issue 2 (newsletter). Alaska Ocean Observing System, Anchorage, Alaska, 2020. |
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Bering-Science_fall-2020.pdf |
Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks |
| Bering Science, Spring 2020 |
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"Bering Science: Spring 2020 Bering Region Ocean Update." By H.R. McFarland, J. Prewitt, R. Thoman, and M. McCammon. Issue 1 (newsletter). Alaska Ocean Observing System, Anchorage, Alaska, 2020. |
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Bering-Science_June-4-2020.pdf |
Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks |
| Changes in Lakes and Ponds in the National Parks of Northwestern Alaska |
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"Thermokarst and precipitation drive changes in the area of lakes and ponds in the National Parks of northwestern Alaska, 1984–2018." David K. Swanson. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. Volume 51, Issue 1, 2019: 265-279. |
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Lake Draining Article_DSwanson2019.pdf |
Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks |
| Climate Change in Alaska's National Parks |
"Climate Change in Alaska’s National Parks" by Robert Winfree. Climate Change in Alaska's National Parks, Alaska Park Science, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2016. |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | ||
| Faces of Climate Change Video Series |
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Faces of Climate Change is a series of three short videos in which scientists and Alaska Natives share their stories and insights into changes that are happening in Alaska’s Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean. These videos were produced by Alaska Marine Conservation Council, Alaska Sea Grant, Alaska Observing System, and Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Alaska. |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks, Sea Ice in Northern Alaska | |
| Field Investigation of Glacial Lake Outburst Potential in the Taiya River Watershed, Skagway, Alaska |
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A Field Investigation of Glacial Lake Outburst Potential in the Taiya River Watershed, Skagway, Alaska. By Chuck Denton, Larry Standley and Brent Lewis. BLM-Alaska Open File Report 99. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, Anchorage, Alaska, June 2005. |
Field Investigation of Glacial Lake Outburst.pdf |
Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | |
| Fourth National Climate Assessment |
"Fourth National Climate Assessment," 2018. Summary by National Park Service. The National Climate Assesment assesses the science of climate change and variability and its impacts across the United States, now and throughout this century. This article presents the findings and highlights from the Alaska section of Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States, published in 2018. |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | ||
| How Marine Heatwaves are Changing Ocean Ecosystems |
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"How Marine Heatwaves are Changing Ocean Ecosystems: What we learned from a massive seabird die-off in the north Pacific." An NPS Story Map. Developed by Nina Chambers, Jessica Weinberg, Heather Coletti, and Stacia Backensto, National Park Service, July 2020. |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | |
| Insights from Coastal Arctic Indigenous Observers |
Insights from Coastal Arctic Indigenous Observers: Perspectives from Community-based Observers on the Impacts of Rapid and Unprecedented Arctic Environmental Change. A digital StoryMap put together by Roberta Tuurraq Glenn-Borade as part of her master's thesis at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, January 2023. This StoryMap was designed to communicate impacts on coastal Arctic Indigenous communities from the perspective of Indigenous people. These impacts are documented through routine observations made by a network of local observers who work with the Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub (AAOKH) at the International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks. |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks, Sea Ice in Northern Alaska | ||
| Marine Mammal Collection Rules |
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"Collecting Dead Marine Mammal Parts While Beachcombing." Educational flyer about the regulations surrounding marine mammal part collection and use produced by the Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program Alaska, Nome, Alaska, June 22, 2018. |
Marine Mammal Collection Rules.pdf |
Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | |
| Natural Resource Change Through Repeat Photography |
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"Capturing a Century of Natural Resource Change Through Repeat Photography." Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, National Park Service, 2019. In 2013 and 2014, as part of an inventory and monitoring project, researchers followed in the footsteps of the Klondike Gold Rush stampeders using a technique known as repeat photography to document how landscapes at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park have changed in the last 100 years. |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | |
| Observing Trends in Permafrost Landscape Change |
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"FINALLY, WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO OBSERVE TRENDS IN PERMAFROST LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN THE ARCTIC." Sabrina Heerema. Arctic Passion blog, February 7, 2024. This is an announcement introducing the release of ALEX, the Arctic Landscape Explorer, which is a new map tool developed at the Alfred-Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany for monitoring pan-Arctic trends of permafrost landscape change. It includes links to the ALEX website and other permafrost tools. |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | |
| Parkaeology and Climate Change |
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"Parkaeology and Climate Change: Assessing the Vulnerability of Archaeological Resources at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Alaska" by Caitlin Rankin, Christy Mog and Shawn Jones. 2017. Archaeological Review from Cambridge, 32 (2), 56-77. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.23662. |
Parkaeology_and_Climate_Change_Assessing.pdf |
Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | |
| Permafrost as Indicator of Climate Change |
"Permafrost Landforms as Indicators of Climate Change in Parks Across the Arctic" by David K. Swanson. Climate Change in Alaska's National Parks, Alaska Park Science, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2016. |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | ||
| Predicting the Effect of Change in Northwest Alaska |
"Predicting the Effects of Climate Change on Ecosystems and Wildlife Habitat in Northwest Alaska" by Anthony R. DeGange, Bruce G. Marcot, James Lawler, Torre Jorgenson, and Robert Winfree. Climate Change in Alaska's National Parks, Alaska Park Science, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2016. |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | ||
| Searching for Archaeological Traces of an Historic Migration Event |
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"The Klondike Gold Rush: A Search for the Archaeological Traces of an Historic Migration Event" by Shawn Jones and Andrew Tremayne. Migration: On the Move in Alaska, Alaska Park Science, Volume 17, Issue 1 (2018). |
Link | Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | |
| Utilizing Social History to Identify Impacts |
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"Utilizing Social History to Identify Impacts of Resource Development on Isolated Communities: The Case of Skagway, Alaska" by Rabel J. Burdge, Donald R. Field, and Stephen R. Wells. 1988. Impact Assessment, Volume 6, Issue 2: 37-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/07349165.1988.9725634 |
Utilizing Social History to Identify Impacts.pdf |
Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks | |
| Vegetation Change in Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park |
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Long-term Vegetation Change in Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park: Using Historic Aerial Imagery to Detect Change in Forest and Shrubland Extent Along the Upper Chilkoot Trail by Lindsey Flagstad and Tina Boucher, Alaska Center for Conservation Science, University of Alaska Anchorage. Natural Resource Report NPS/KLGO/NRR—2017/1408. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, Fort Collins, Colorado, March 2017. |
KLGO Vegetation Change_Final.pdf |
Observing Change in Alaska's National Parks |