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Results
Publications
Extremely Cold Climate and Social Vulnerability in Alaska: Problems and Prospects
by Elena A. Grigorieva, John E. Walsh, and
Vladimir A. Alexeev
Citation: Grigorieva, E.A.; Walsh, J.E.; Alexeev, V.A. Extremely Cold Climate and Social Vulnerability in Alaska: Problems and Prospects. Climate 2024, 12,20. https://doi.org/10.3390/ cli12020020
The article is available here:
https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/12/2/20
Events
March 20–28, 2025
University of Colorado Boulder, USA
The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW)
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​Fourth International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP IV)
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Session Arctic Riverine Systems and Communities: Changes, Adaptations, and Future Research Priorities
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Description:
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Many Arctic communities are located along the rivers. Rivers play a major role in supporting the Indigenous livelihoods in the Arctic throughout the millennia and enable transportation, commercial activity, and subsistence practices today. In the recent decades Arctic rivers and their basins experienced dramatic changes in respect to hydroclimatic regimes, biological diversity, environmental conditions, and industrial development. Although major efforts have been lately devoted to highlighting, understanding and addressing multiple challenges faced by coastal Arctic communities, riverine social-ecological systems (SES), specifically, received relatively limited attention. This session will gather papers focused on riverine Arctic SES and communities to elicit state-of-the-art knowledge about key changes and challenges and identity research priorities within the context of the ICARP IV process.
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The session welcomed projects focused on interactions between changing climate, hydrology, cryosphere, and human processes in order to improve local-regional resilience and adaptive capacity.
The Session was organized by the SESTRA Project in cooperation with the ARCTICenter, UNI, and the Cold Regions Lab, GWU.
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Field Work
Our field work in Alaska
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August 2024
The SESTRA Project research team conducted field work in Alaska in August 2024.
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The team worked in Bethel, Akiak, Kwethluk, and McGrath, focusing on identifying and analyzing changes in hydroclimatological components of the natural system that affect human activities and ecosystem services, as well as examining changes in riverine socioeconomic systems.
An important part of this trip was the in-person engagement with project partners, local stakeholders, local media, and community members.
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