the bering and chukchi seas, alaska and chukotka show amplified responses to climate change
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The Bering and Chukchi Seas, Alaska and Chukotka show amplified responses to climate change. The United States and the Russian Federation are working together to monitor the change in flux into and out of the Arctic through the Bering Strait-the Pacific Gateway to the Arctic. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Bering and Chukchi Seas, Alaska and Chukotka show
amplified responses to climate change.
The United States and the Russian Federation are working together to monitor the change in flux into and out of the Arctic through the Bering Strait-the Pacific Gateway to the Arctic.
This new collaboration is called the:
Russian-American Long-termCensus of the Arctic:RUSALCA:
Pacific Gateway
GOAL 1 (Sea Ice Thinning Observations)
Increased Fresh Increased Fresh WaterWater
Flow From theFlow From theArctic to the NorthArctic to the North
AtlanticAtlantic
What are the What are the pathways of pathways of
fresh water flow fresh water flow across the across the
Pacific Pacific Gateway ?Gateway ?
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GOAL 2: FreshWater Fluxes-pathways
Others…
GOAL 3Monitor Ecosystem Changes -Arctic Census ofMarine Life
ECOSYSTEM INDICATORS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Actual RUSALCA Stations, 2004
GOAL 1: Investigate Processes in the Region of Greatest Melt Duration Change
RUSALCA REGION OF INTEREST
20042004
20032003
20022002
NOAA Pacific ArcticGateway exploration
Arctic Research OfficeExpeditions
2007-2007-20082008
IBCAO Map
IPY07/08 International Pan-Arctic study regions
ASOF
RUSALCA