Natalie Boelman: Arctic Ecosystems

 Arctic Ecosystems

Natalie Boelman

Originally presented 1 Dec 2018

Natalie Boelman is a Lamont Associate Research Scientist in the Biology and Paleoenvironment Division. Key goals of her research include:

  • ways in which the composition, physical structure, and phenology of Arctic vegetation are changing in response to climate change;

  • how such changes impact resident and migratory animals and in turn how animals mediate climate-induced change in the region; and

  • how near and remote-sensing techniques can be used to study dynamics in ecological form and function.

This program is supported in part through NSF grant #1603777 
“Collaborative Research: Adding animals to the equation: assessing herbivore impacts on carbon cycling in northern Alaska”

Trees grow very slowly here; this one that Boelman is examining is about 15 years old. Photo: Kevin Krajick

https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/where-trees-meet-tundra-decoding-signals-climate-change

Recent News Storiews about Natalie Boelman’s research
“Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: How Drilling for Oil Could Impact Wildlife”

“Researchers Apply Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Birdsong in a Warming Arctic”

“Where Trees Meet Tundra, Decoding Signals of Climate Change”



Videos about Natalie Boelman’s Research
“Actic Warming: What It Means for the Birds and the Bees”
“Climate Change in Arctic Tundra: From Wildfire to Songbirds”

Previous E2C talks by Natalie Boelman

“Impacts of Acute Warming on Arctic Flora and Fauna” (11 Jan 2014)

“How are warmer temperatures in the Arctic tundra impacting migratory songbirds who go there to breed?” (9 Apr 2011)

 

Introductory slideshow (pptx)   (pdf)

 

Links to selected Project websites: 

NASA: Forest-Tundra Ecotone, and, NASA: LiDAR and tundra shrubs

NSF: TeamBird,  NASA: Animals on the Move, and NSF: TeamVole

NASA's Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment

 

Scientific Resources

 

LDEO Arctic Studies

Arctic Researchers Race to Uncover Effect of Global Warming on Songbirds” (Audubon Magazine Sep-Oct 2013)

ABoVE: Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment

NASA Terrestrial Ecology

Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEE)-Arctic

Polar Field Service Network ‘Field Notes’

Toolik Field Station, Institute of Arctic Biology

Arctic Long Term Ecological Research Site

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment

     Impacts of a Warming Arctic report
Arctic Flora

 

4th National Climate Assessment

 

Classroom resources

Selected Pertinent NGSS DCIs/PEs (.docx)  (.pdf)
Lesson Plan template

 

US Fish & Wildlife Service  — Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Reading Reaction: “In the Blink of an Eye, a Hunt for Oil Threatens Pristine Alaska” (New York Times, 3 Dec 2018) (docx)      (pdf)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/us/oil-drilling-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Activity: Solar Radiation (.pdf)    Solar Radiation  (.doc)

Activity: Annual Changes in Daylength/Nightlength

“How Permanent Is Permafrost?” (Earth Exploration Toolbook)

PolarTREC Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating

Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University

Arctic Birds  

“Birds: What Can They Tell Us About Our Planet?” by Paul R. Schmidt (An ActionBioscience.org Original Article)

 https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/events/polarweekend/

 

 

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