Why is the Arctic so sensitive to climate change and why do we care?
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![Serreze essay](images/ask.gif) |
Mark Serreze |
Why and how do scientists study climate change in the Arctic?
What are the Arctic climate indices?
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![Bond, Overland, and Soreide essay](images/ask.gif) |
Nick Bond/James Overland/Nancy Soreide |
The short Arctic summer of 2004 - as observed
by the North Pole Web Cam
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![Untersteiner essay](images/ask.gif) |
Norbert Untersteiner |
Arctic summer time - the puzzling summer of 2003
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![Untersteiner essay](images/ask.gif) |
Norbert Untersteiner |
New!
How rapidly is permafrost changing and what are the impacts
of these changes?
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![Romanovsky essay](images/ask.gif) |
Vladimir E. Romanovsky |
What changes are indigenous peoples observing in the state of sea ice?
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![Mattlin and Huntington workshop summary](images/ask.gif) |
Shari Gearheard |
Changes in Arctic sea ice over the past 50 years: Bridging
the knowledge gap between the scientific community and the Alaska
Native community.
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![Mattlin and Huntington workshop summary](images/ask.gif) |
Rob Mattlin/Henry Huntington |
How have changes in Arctic environment over the past 50
years affected the Alaska Native community?
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![Pungowiyi essay](images/ask.gif) |
Caleb Pungowiyi |
How has the intensity of UVB radiation changed recently
in the Arctic, and what significance might these changes have?
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![Weatherhead essay](images/ask.gif) |
Betsy Weatherhead |
How does Arctic Sea Ice Form and Decay?
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![Wadhams essay](images/ask.gif) |
Peter Wadhams |
What changes have occurred in Arctic sea ice volume and
dynamics over the past 50 years?
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![Untersteiner essay](images/ask.gif) |
Norbert Untersteiner |
How might sea level be affected by changes in the Arctic
land ice?
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![Barry essay](images/ask.gif) |
Roger Barry |
What long term trends and decadal changes do you see occurring
in the Arctic atmosphere, and what significance do they have?
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![Walsh essay](images/ask.gif) |
John Walsh |
How well can Arctic climate be simulated by computer-based
models?
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![Lynch essay](images/ask.gif) |
Amanda Lynch |
Is mercury a significant contaminant in the Arctic?
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![Lindberg and Brooks essay](images/ask.gif) |
Steve Lindberg/Steve Brooks |
Are persistent organic pollutants a threat to Arctic marine
mammals?
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![Calder essay](images/ask.gif) |
John Calder |
What research needs and prioritites are important to Arctic
development?
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![Parker essay](images/ask.gif) |
Walter B. Parker |
Updated!
What do we know about organisms that thrive in Arctic
sea ice?
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![Krembs and Deming essay](images/ask.gif) |
Krembs/Deming |
What do we know about communities of organisms thriving
around vents and seeps on the Arctic sea floor?
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![Vogt essay](images/ask.gif) |
Peter Vogt |
Arctic Wolves and their prey
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![Mech essay](images/ask.gif) |
L. David Mech |
What has been happening to polar bears in recent decades?
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![Schliebe essay](images/ask.gif) |
Scott L. Schliebe |