‘Impacts of Acute Warming on Arctic Flora and Fauna’
Natalie Boelman
Originally presented 11 Jan 2014
Natalie Boelman is a Lamont Assistant Research Professor in the Biology and Paleo Environment Division.
(1) The impact of climate warming and changing seasonality, on the interactions among vegetation, insects and songbird communities in an Arctic tundra ecosystem, on the North Slope of Alaska (field surveys, in situ remote sensing, bioacoustics) Project Webpage New York Times Field Blog
(2) Understanding burn severity sensing in Arctic tundra: Exploring vegetation indices, sub-optimal assessment timing and the impact of increasing pixel size (field surveys, in situ and satellite remote sensing, bioacoustics)
(3) Use of remote sensing to study changes in biophysical structure associated with shifts in species dominance in Arctic tundra (field surveys, in situ and airborne remote sensing) Project Webpage
NGSS Connections: LS1, LS2,LS3, LS4, ESS2.E, ESS3
Previous E2C Presentation
Introduction to this Workshop
Scientific Resources
“Arctic Researchers Race to Uncover Effect of Global Warming on Songbirds” (Audubon Magazine Sep-Oct 2013)
“ABoVE: Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment”
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
Classroom resources
Activity: Solar Radiation (.pdf) Solar Radiation (.doc)
Activity: annual_sunrise_sunset_patterns
“How Permanent Is Permafrost?” (Earth Exploration Toolbook)
PolarTREC Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating
Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University