When most people picture Arctic research, they imagine scientists quietly collecting data in one of the harshest environments on Earth—clipboards, instruments, graphs, and numbers. And while all of those things are part of the story, they aren’t what I remember most. What I remember is the music. At first, I thought the Arctic was silent.
Drivers and Biogeochemical Implications of Saltwater Intrusion Along Arctic Coastlines
Sea-level rise and storm events push saltwater landward (i.e., saltwater intrusion), driving changes in the chemistry, ecology, and greenhouse gas fluxes of terrestrial ecosystems. Present knowledge of the drivers and impacts of saltwater intrusion is based on temperate and tropical environments. Little is known about saltwater intrusion along Arctic coastlines where permafrost underlies coastal ecosystems. In this study, we investigate the drivers of coastal Arctic saltwater intrusion and the impacts of saltwater intrusion on porewater chemistry and greenhouse gas fluxes along Alaska’s Beaufort Sea coast. This work will provide baseline understanding of the physical, biological, and chemical processes occurring along rapidly changing Arctic coastlines.
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When my daughter was seven, Frozen II played on repeat in our house. Somewhere between the hundredth rendition of Into the Unknown and our kitchen singalongs, the song became part of our lives. Before I left for Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, we talked about my trip. Now fourteen, she wanted to know if it would be
All the Plans Coming Together In late January, I found out I had been selected as a Polar STEAM fellow and would be traveling to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, with Dr. Julia Guimond and her research team from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. I was joining her team to study saltwater intrusion on the North Slope of
Made possible with funding by the U.S. National Science Foundation Award #2221990. The information contained here is those of the author(s) and does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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