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Inventorying Arctic Vegetation

By Amy Breen · July 9, 2008 · comments 5 comments
TOOLIK FIELD STATION, ALASKA-- To understand how the Arctic tundra changes over time, we are inventorying vegetation plots established here nearly twenty years ago. In this video meet my field partners, Joel and Sayuri, as they inventory amidst the rolling tundra and mosquitoes... {Read More »}


Harbinger of Eternal Daylight

By Amy Breen · May 19, 2008 · comments 1 comment
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA-- The snow only just melted in interior Alaska last week. Signs of spring abound here: the sky is light for almost twenty hours… {Read More »}


The Changing Arctic

How will global warming affect delicate polar ecosytems? Amy Breen and other scientists involved in the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) hope to answer that question by artificially warming plots of tundra. {Read More »}


Pairing Scientific and Traditional Knowledge

Scientists have access to powerful instruments such as satellite technology that provides aerial views of the Arctic. Indigenous people have daily hands-on experience in the Arctic, and tap into traditional knowledge, passed down for centuries. {Read More »}

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