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Year-round utilization of sea ice-associated carbon in Arctic ecosystems
Sudden Reduction of Antarctic Sea Ice Despite Cooling After Nuclear War
How does the changing marine environment affect hunters’ access to Pacific walruses?
THE ISSUE. Over thousands of years, Indigenous hunters in theBering and Chukchi seas have adapted to changes in weather, sea ice, and sea state that influence their access to walruses. In recent decades,however, those conditions have been changing at unprecedented rates. Safely adapting to changing conditions will be essential to the well-being of communities. WHY…
Read full storyHunters’ Access to Walrus in the Changing Arctic
For Indigenous communities in the Western Arctic’s Bering and Chukchi seas, Pacific walrus stand as integral components to cultural and nutritional well being. As sea ice conditions continue to change, however, these communities’ access to walrus is challenged. A new Arctic Answers policy brief written by a diverse group of SEARCH researchers was published this…
Read full storyInteracting Climate Drivers Are Reshaping Alaska’s Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
The Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta (YKD) in western Alaska is one of the world’s most important wetlands for migratory birds and home to the largest Indigenous population in the U.S. Arctic. New research shows that sea-level rise, sea-ice loss, stronger storms, erosion, and permafrost thaw are working together in unexpected ways—driving rapid, landscape-scale transformations across the delta.…
Read full storyThe Meaning of Melt: SEARCH at Arctic Encounter Symposium 2023
At this year’s Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage, SEARCH team members explored the Meaning of Melt.
With 11 different voices speaking on the meaning of melt—and with audience members welcomed to share their own thoughts—we centered what the loss of sea ice means for Indigenous people, scientists, artists, policy makers, and more
Read full storySEARCH Syntheses Underway: Bringing together What We Know about Changes in the Arctic
SEARCH is a complex collaboration of 50 Indigenous Knowledge holders, scientists, & decision makers co-producing solutions to problems that people face as the Arctic environment changes rapidly. We operate with funding from the National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs. Our premise is that meeting the profound challenges of rapid environmental change requires decisions informed…
Read full storySt Lawrence Island Film Project – In Production
With major support from the US National Science Foundation, this new film will educate millions of public viewers about the changing Arctic environment and its profound connection to the rest of the planet. Directed by Academy-Award nominated filmmakers Steve McNicholas and Luke Cresswell and developed in collaboration with the Siberian Yupik villages of Savoonga and…
Read full storySEARCH @ AGU23: We’re Bringing Shared Understanding of Arctic Environmental Change to a Meeting Over 25,000 People Strong
One of the country’s largest scientific gatherings starts next week (11-15 December 2023), and SEARCH is thrilled to be attending once again. The American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2023 Fall Meeting—aptly abbreviated as AGU23—will see over 25,000 attendees from over 100 countries descend on San Francisco for a week of presentations, meetings, networking, and more. SEARCH…
Read full storyMourning the loss of Craig George
All of SEARCH and many people in Utqiagvik and around the world are greatly saddened by the loss of our colleague and friend, John Craighead George. Craig was lost in a rafting accident on the Chulitna River on 5 July and his body recovered on 16 July. A resident of Utqiagvik for the past 46…
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