Related Publications
2024
- Hobgood, O., Walker, D., Raynolds, B., White, J., and Santosh, P. 2024. High-resolution classified vegetation map of evolving ice-wedge-polygon terrain, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Presented at 12th International Conference on Permafrost, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 16-20 June. (Poster)
- Jones, B. 2024. Orthomosaic Image and Digital Surface Model for Point Lay (Kali), Alaska, 26 June 2022. Arctic Data Center. doi:10.18739/A28K74Z49
- Jones, B. 2024. Orthomosaic Image and Digital Surface Model for the Navigating the New Arctic, Ice-rich Permafrost Systems (IRPS) field sites, Prudhoe Bay Oilfields, northern Alaska, 29 August 2021. Arctic Data Center. doi:10.18739/A24T6F50K
- Kade, A., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M., Breen, A., and Hogbood, O. 2024. Carbon-flux patterns in natural and disturbed ice-wedge-polygon tundra, Alaska. Presented at 12th International Conference on Permafrost, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 16-20 June. (Poster)
- Kade. A., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Breen, A.L., and Hobgood, O. 2024. Landscape patterns of carbon fluxes in natural and disturbed polygonal ice-wedge terrain. Antarctic and Alpine Research, In press. doi:10.1080/15230430.2024.2391244
- Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y., Jones, B., and Jorgenson, M.T. 2024. Cryostratigraphy and ground-ice content of the upper permafrost in Alaska and Northern Canada. NSF Arctic Data Center. doi:10.18739/A2QR4NS3D
- Liljedahl, A.K., Witharana, C., and Manos, E. 2024. The capillaries of the Arctic tundra. Nature Water, 2:611-614. doi:10.1038/s44221-024-00276-9
- Peirce, J., Jones, B., Romanovsky, V., and Connor, B. 2024. Permafrost and Infrastructure Symposium: merging science, engineering, and community-based knowledge. Witness Community Highlights, 16-May. (Online)
- Peirce, J.L. 2024. Secrets to organizing a transformative Arctic science and engineering conference. Presented at Navigating the New Arctic, Annual Community Meeting, Washington, D.C., 5-7 March. (Oral Presentation)
- Peirce, J.L. 2024. Learning from the Permafrost & Infrastructure Symposium: merging science, engineering, and community-based knowledge, July 28August 5, 202. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA.
- Walker, D.A. 2024. A new ice-rich-permafrost-system observatory, Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska: landscape evolution on ice-rich calcareous fluvial, eolian, and lacustrine deposits. Presented at 12th International Conference on Permafrost, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 16-20 June. Abstract 253, Session 10B. (Oral Presentation)
- Wright, T.C., Nicolsky, D.J., Romanovsky, V.E., and Farquharson, L.L. 2024. Enhancing ground temperature monitoring network with repeat aerial surveys of ground surface deformation. Presented at 12th International Conference on Permafrost, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 16-20 June.
2023
- Cold Climate Housing Research Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory 2023. Guide for foundations on changing permafrost. (PDF)
- Connor, B.G., Jones, B.M., Kanevskiy, M., Nicolsky, D.J., Pierce, J.L., Romanovsky, V.E., and Shur, Y.L. 2023. Permafrost & remote sensing studies: 2022 field report for Point Lay, Alaska.. Alaska Geobotany Center Data Report AGC 23-01. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska. (PDF)
- Connor, B.G., Tracey, B., and Curtis, K. 2023. Living on ice-rich permafrost: 50 years to a slow-moving disaster in Point Lay. Presented at Alaska Tribal Resilience Learning Network, 19 April & 17 May, Parts I and II. (Oral Presentation)
- Frost, G.V., Bhatt, U.S., Macander, M.J., Epstein, H.E., Raynolds, M.K., Waigl, C.F., and Walker, D.A. 2023. Eyes of the world on a warmer, less frozen, and greener Arctic. Global Change Biology, 29: 4453-4455. doi:10.1111/gcb.16767
- Northern Social-Environmental Research 2023. Engaging local knowledge to inform measures protecting Alaskan coastal communities from erosion and permafrost thaw. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. Fairbanks, Alaska. (PDF)
- Peirce, J.L., Jones, B.M., Connor, B.G., Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y., Curry, T., and Bolz, P. 2023. Understanding infrastructure risk due to permafrost thaw to inform decision-making in Point Lay, Alaska. Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week, Vienna Austria, 17-24 February (Session 40). (Poster)
- Stevens V., Garber-Slaght, R., Dunlap, V., Dodd, R., Biddle, J., Rettig, M., Chittumuri, I., Sehmel, T., Coakely, M., and Davis, G. 2023. Point Lay housing survey. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Cold Climate Housing Research Center. Fairbanks, Alaska. (PDF)
- Walker, D.A. 2023. New observatory supports broader understanding of climate-change and infrastructure Impacts to Ice-Rich Permafrost Systems. Witness Community Highlights, 30-Jan. (Online)
- Walker, D.A., Bergstedt, H., Breen, A.L., Daanen, R., Hobgood, O., Jones, B.M., Kade, A., Kanevskiy, M., Kucerova, A., Liljedahl, A.K., Manos, E., Nicolsky, D.J., Peirce, J.L., Raynolds, M.K., Romanovsky, V.E., Rybakov, S., Shur, Y.L., Watson-Cook, E., and Witharana, C. 2023. Natural ice-rich permafrost observatory, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska: 2022 field activities. Alaska Geobotany Center Data Report AGC 23-02. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska. (PDF)
- Walker, D.A., Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y., Romanovsky, V., Nikolsky, D., Bartsch, A., Bergstedt, H., Breen, A., Daanen, R., Jones, B., Jorgenson, T., Kade, A., Liljedahl, A., Peirce, J., Raynolds, M., and Witharana, C. 2023. Navigating the new arctic: toward a new era of cumulative impact assessments of infrastructure and climate change in Arctic systems. Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week, Vienna, Austria, 17-24 February (Session 40). (Oral Presentation)
- Wang, Z., Xiao, M., Liew, M., Jensen, A., Farquharson, L., Romanovsky, V., Nicolsky, D., McComb, C., and Jones, B.M. 2023. Geohazard risk assessment tools for arctic civil infrastructure planning: a systematic review. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 214 103969. doi:10.1016/j.coldregions.2023.103969
- Zwieback, S., McClernan, M.T., Kanevskiy, M.Z, Jorgenson, T., Walker, D.A., Chang, Q, Bergstedt, H., Toniolo, H.A., Romanovsky, V.E., and Meyer, F.J. 2023. Disparate permafrost terrain changes after a large flood observed from space. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 34:451-466. doi:10.1002/ppp.2208
2022
- Bergstedt, H., Jones, B.M., Walker, D.A., Peirce, J., Bartsch, A., Pointner, G., Kanevskiy, M., Raynolds, M. and Buchhorn, M. 2022. The spatial and temporal influence of infrastructure and road dust on seasonal snowmelt, vegetation productivity, and early season surface water cover in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield. Arctic Science, e-First. doi:10.1139/as-2022-0013
- Connor, B.G. 2022. Understanding infrastructure risk due to permafrost thaw to inform decision-making in Point Lay, Alaska. Presented at NNA Community Office Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK, 15-17 November. (Oral Presentation)
- Connor, B.G., and Peirce J.L. 2022. Understanding infrastructure risk due to permafrost thaw to inform decision-making in Point Lay, Alaska. Presented at IARPC Coastal Resilience Collaborations Team Meeting, Online, 2 November. (Oral Presentation)
- Dodd, R., and Biddle, J. 2022. Strategies to lessen the impacts of thawing permafrost on community health and infrastructure. Presented at Alaska Health Summit, Anchorage, AK, 18-20 January. (Poster)
- Frost, G. V., Macander, M. J., Bhatt, U. S., Berner, L. T., Bjerke, J. W., Epstein, H. E., Forbes, B. C., Goetz, S. J., Lara, M. J., Phoenix, G. K., Serbin, S. P., Tommervik, H., Walker, D. A., and Yang, D. 2022. Tundra greenness. In: M.L. Druckenmiller, R.L. Thoman, and T.A. Moon (eds.), Arctic Report Card 2022. NOAA technical report OAR ARC, 22-09, pp. 66-71. doi:10.25923/g8w3-6v31 (Website)
- Frost, G.V., Bhatt, U.S., Macander, M.J., Epstein, H.E., Raynolds, M.K., and Walker, D.A. 2022. Forty years through the looking glass: spaceborne circumpolar tundra greenness observation enters its 5th decade. Presented at 16th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium, Fairbanks, AK, 16-20 May. (Abstract, pp. 20-21) (Oral Presentation)
- Jones, B., Peirce, J.L., Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y.L., Curry, T., Bolz, P., and Tracey, B. 2022. Point Lay permafrost: infrastructure and permafrost degradation in Point Lay, Alaska. Witness Community Highlights, 27-Sep. (Online)
- Jorgenson, M.T., Kanevskiy, M., Roland, C., Hill, K., Schirokauer, D., Stehn, S., Schroeder, B., and Shur, Y. 2022. Repeated permafrost formation and degradation in boreal peatland ecosystems in relation to climate extremes, fire, ecological shifts, and a geomorphic legacy. Atmosphere, 13:1170. doi:10.3390/atmos13081170
- Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y., Bigelow, N.H., Bjella, K.L., Douglas, T.A., Fortier, D., Jones, B.M., and Jorgenson, M.T. 2022. Yedoma cryostratigraphy of recently excavated sections of the CRREL permafrost tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9:758800. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.758800
- Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y., Walker, D.A., Jones, B.M., Jorgenson, M.T., Watson-Cook, E., Breen, A.L., Bergstedt, H., Daanen, R., Liljedahl, A., Peirce, J.L., Raynolds, M.K., Veremeeva, A. 2022. Ice-wedge degradation and stabilization in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska (2011-2022). Presented at AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 12-16 December, GC55K-0351. (Abstract) (Poster)
- Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y., Walker, D.A., Jorgenson, M.T., Raynolds, M., Peirce, J., Jones, B., Buchhorn, M., Matyshak, G., Bergstedt, H., Breen, A., Connor, B., Daanen, R., Liljedahl, A., Romanovsky, V. and Watson-Cook, E. 2022. The shifting mosaic of ice-wedge degradation and stabilization in response to infrastructure and climate change, Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska. Arctic Science, 8:498-530. doi:10.1139/as-2021-0024(Open Access)
- Karjalainen, O., Aalto, J., Kanevskiy, M.Z., Luoto, M. and Hjort, J. 2022. High-resolution predictions of ground ice content for the northern hemisphere permafrost region. Earth System Science Data, [preprint]. doi:10.5194/essd-2022-144
- Karjalainen, O., Aalto, J., Kanevskiy, M.Z., Luoto, M. and Hjort, J. 2022. Ground ice content predictions for the Northern Hemisphere permafrost region at 1-km resolution, version 1.1. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6497314
- Liew, M., Xiao, M., farguharson, L., Nicolsky, D., Jensen, A., Romanovsky, V., Peirce, J., Alessa, L., McComb, C., Zhang, X. and Jones, B. 2022. Understanding effects of permafrost degradation and coastal erosion on civil infrastructure in arctic coastal villages: a community survey and knowledge co-production. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10:422. doi:10.3390/jmse10030422(Open Access)
- Peirce, J.L. 2022. Learning by doing: Collaborative practice with the Native Village of Point Lay and regional partners on an NNA Track 1 project. Presented at NNA Community Office Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 15-17 November. (Poster)
- Povoroznyuk, O., Vincent, W.F., Schweitzer, P., Laptander, R., Bennett, M., Calmels, F., Sergeev, D., Arp, C., Forbes, B.C., Roy-Léveillée, P., and Walker, D.A. 2022. Arctic roads and railways: social and environmental consequences of transport infrastructure in the circumpolar North. Arctic Science, e-First. doi:10.1139/as-2021-0033
- Shur, Y., Fortier, D., Jorgenson, M.T., Kanevskiy, M., Schirrmeister, L., Strauss, J., Vasiliev, A., and Ward Jones, M. 2022. Yedoma permafrost genesis: over 150 years of mystery and controversy. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9:757891. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.757891
- Walker, D.A. 2022. NNA Track 1: Landscape evolution and adapting to change in ice-rich permafrost systems. Annual report to the National Science Foundation, submitted 10/5/2022. (PDF)
- Walker, D.A., Bartsch, A., Bergstedt, H., Bhatt, U.S., Brown, J., Daanen, R., Epstein, E., Frost, G.V., Jones, B.M. & (...) Zwieback, S. 2022. 70-year retrospective of remote sensing applied to cumulative impact assessments, Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska. Presented at 16th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium, Fairbanks, Alaska, 16-20 May. (Abstract, pp. 16-19) (Oral Presentation)
- Walker, D.A., Kanevskiy, M., Breen, A.L., Kade, A., Daanen, R.P., Jones, B.M., Nicolsky, D.J., Bergstedt, H., Watson-Cook, E., and Peirce, J.L. 2022. Observations in ice-rich permafrost systems, Prudhoe Bay Alaska, 2020-21. Alaska Geobotany Center Data Report AGC 22-01. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska. doi:10.18739/A28G8FK0H (PDF)
- Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Kanevskiy, Shur, Y., Romanovsky, V.E., Jones, B.M., Buchhorn, M., Jorgenson, M.T., Sibik, J., Breen, A.L., Kade, A., Watson-Cook, E., Matyshak, G., Bergstedt, H., Liljedahl, A., Daanen, R., Connor, B., Nicolsky, D. and Peirce, J.L. 2022. Cumulative impacts of a gravel road and climate change in an ice-wedge polygon landscape, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Arctic Science, 8:1040-1066. doi:10.1139/as-2021-0014(Open Access)
- Watson-Cook, E. 2022. Thermokarst-pond plant community characteristics and effects on ice-wedge degradation in the Prudhoe Bay region, Alaska. M.S. Thesis.. University of Alaska Fairbanks.
- Zwieback, S., McClernan, M.T., Kanevskiy, M.Z, Jorgenson, T., Walker, D.A., Chang, Q, Bergstedt, H., Toniolo, H.A., Romanovsky, V.E., and Meyer, F.J. 2022. Disparate permafrost landscape changes following the 2015 Sagavanirktok River flood, Alaska. Presented at AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 12-16 December, GC51C-01. (Abstract) (Oral Presentation)
2021
- Bergstedt, H., Jones, B., Walker, D., Peirce, J, Bartsch, A. and Pointner, G. 2021. Quantifying the spatial and temporal influence of infrastructure on seasonal snow melt timing and its influence on vegetation productivity and early season surface water cover in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfields. Presented at EGU General Assembly, Online, 19-30 April 2021, EGU21-10296. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-10296, 2021 (Oral Presentation)
- Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Walsh, J.E., Bieniek, P.A., Cai, L., Comiso, J.C., Epstein, H.E., Frost, G.V., Gersten, R., Hendricks, A.S., Pinzon, J.E., Stock, L. and Tucker, C. 2021. Climate drivers of Arctic tundra variability and change using an indicators framework. Environmental Research Letters, 16:055019. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abe676
- Frost, G.V., Bhatt, U.S., Epstein, H.E., Myers-Smith, I., Phoenix, G.K., Berner, L.T., Bjerke, J.W., Forbes, B.C., Goetz, S.J., Kerby, J.T., Macander, M.J., Park, T., Raynolds, M.K., Tømmervik, H. and Walker, D.A. 2021. Tundra greenness. In: R.L. Thoman, J. Richter-Menge, and M.L. Druckenmiller (eds.), Arctic Report Card 2020, pp. 68-78. doi:10.25923/46rm-0w23 (Website)
- Frost, G.V., Macander, M.J., Bhatt, U.S., Epstein, H.E., Berner, L.T., Bjerke, J.W., Forbes, B.C., Goetz, S.J., Lara, M.J., Park, T., Phoenix, G.K., Raynolds, M.K., Tømmervik, H. and Walker, D. A. 2021. Tundra greenness [in "State of the Climate in 2020"]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(8):S297-S299. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0086.1
- Landers, Z. 2021. Effects of Ice Rich Permafrost on Infrastructure. Presented at National Renewable Energy Laboratory Summer, Internship Research Poster Session, 6 August. (Poster)
- Schneider von Deimling, T., Lee, H., Ingeman-Nielsen, T., Westermann, S., Romanovsky, V., Lamoureux, S., Walker, D.A., Chadburn, S., Trochim, E., Cai, L., Nitzbon, J., Jacobi, S. and Langer, M. 2021. Consequences of permafrost degradation for Arctic infrastructure - bridging the model gap between regional and engineering scales. The Cryosphere, 15:2451-2471. doi:10.5194/tc-15-2451-2021
- Sehmel, T. 2021. Potential Mitigation Strategies for Buildings and Infrastructure on Thawing Permafrost. Presented at One Health, One Future Conference, Online, 6-11 April. (Poster)
- Shur, Y., Jones, B.M., Kanevskiy, M., Jorgenson, T., Jones, M.K.W., Fortier, D., Stephani, E., and Vasiliev, A. 2021. Fluvio-thermal erosion and thermal denudation in the yedoma region of northern Alaska: revisiting the Itkillik River exposure. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 32:227-298. doi:10.1002/ppp.2105
- Strauss, J., Laboor, S., Schirrmeister, L., Fedorov, A.N., Fortier, D., Froese, D., Fuchs, M., Günther, F., Grigoriev, M., Harden, J., Gugelius, G., Jongenans, L.L., Kanevskiy, M., Kholodov, A., Kunitsky, V., Kraev, G., Lozhkin, A., Rivkina, E., Shur, Y., Siegert, C., Spektor, V., Streletskaya, I., Ulrich, M., Vartanyan, S., Veremeeva, A., Anthony, K.W., Wetterich, S., Zimov, N., and Grosse, G. 2021. Circum-Arctic map of the Yedoma permafrost domain. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9:758360. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.758360
- Walker, D.A. 2021. NNA Track 1: Landscape evolution and adapting to change in ice-rich permafrost systems. Annual report to the National Science Foundation, submitted 8/19/2021 (with supporting files). (PDF)
- Walker, D.A., Peirce, J.L., Breen, A., Kade, A., Bergstedt, H., Daanen, R. and Watson-Cook, E. 2021. Navigating the New Arctic: landscape evolution and adaptation to change in ice-rich permafrost systems. Field report of the NNA-IRPS vegetation expedition, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 13 July-3 August. (PDF)
- Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Kanevskiy, M.Z., Shur, Y., Romanovsky, V.E., Jones, B.M., Buchhorn, M., Jorgenson, M.T., Sibík, J., Breen, A.L., Watson-Cook, E., Bergstedt, H., Liljedahl, A., Daanen, R., Nikolsky, D., Connor, B. and Peirce, J.L. 2021. Cumulative impacts of a gravel road and climate change in an ice-wedge polygon landscape, Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, AK. Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week 2021, Online, 19-26 March, Session 19. (Oral Presentation)
- Walker, D.A., and Peirce, J.L. 2021. Navigating the New Arctic with a focus on ground ice: Landscape change and adapting to change in ice-rich permafrost systems in Prudhoe Bay and Point Lay, Alaska. Presented at RATIC Workshop, Arctic Science Summit Week, Online, 21 March. (Abstract) (Oral Presentation)
2020
- Bergstedt, H., Jones, B, Walker, D.A. Farquharson, L., Breen, A. and Hinkel, K. 2020. Mapping lake drainage and drained lake basins around Point Lay, Alaska using multi-source remote sensing data. Presented at EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4-8 May, EGU2020-11919. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11919 (Oral Presentation)
- Connor, B., Goering, D.J., Kanevskiy, M., Trochim, E., Bjella, K.L., and McHattie, R.L. 2020. Roads and airfields constructed on permafrost: a synthesis of practice. Arctic Infrastructure Development Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Fairbanks, AK, INEautcâ2020.11. (AKDOT&PF Report No. 000S927)
- Frost, G.V., Bhatt, U.S., Epstein, H.E., Berner, L.T., Bjerke, J.W., Forbes, B.C., Goetz, S.J., Lara, M.J., Macander, M.J., Phoenix, G.K., Raynolds, M.K., Tømmervik, H. and Walker, D.A. 2020. Tundra greenness [in "State of the Climate in 2019"]. In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101(8):S272-S274. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0086.1
- Raynolds, M.K., Jorgenson, J.C., Jorgenson, M.T., Kanevskiy, M., Liljedahl, A.K., Nolan, M., Sturm, M. and Walker, D.A. 2020. Landscape impacts of 3D-seismic surveys in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Ecological Applications, 30(7):e02143. doi:10.1002/eap.2143
- Walker, D.A. 2020. NNA Track 1: Landscape evolution and adapting to change in ice-rich permafrost systems. Annual report to the National Science Foundation, submitted 9/1/2020 (with supporting files). (PDF)
- Walker, D.A. and Peirce, J.L. 2020. Navigating the New Arctic with a focus on ground ice: Landscape evolution and adapting to change in ice-rich permafrost systems (NNA-IRPS). Presented at IARPC Permafrost Collaborations Team Meeting, Online, 19 February. (Oral Presentation)
2019
- Raynolds, M.K., Walker, D.A., Balser, A., Bay, C., Campbell, M., Cherosov, M.M., Daniëls, F.J.A., Eidesen, P.B., Ermokhina, K.A., Frost, G.V., et al. 2019. A raster version of the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM). Remote Sensing of Environment, 232:111297. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.111297
- Walker, D.A. 2019. NNA Track 1: Landscape evolution and adapting to change in Ice-Rich Permafrost Systems (NNA-IRPS). Proposal to the National Science Foundation. (PDF)
- Walker, D.A. 2019. Landscape evolution and adapting to change in ice-rich permafrost systems (NNA-IRPS). Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) Life Sciences Seminar Series. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, October 25. (Oral Presentation)
- Walker, D.A. 2019. Landscape evolution and adapting to change in ice-rich permafrost systems (NNA-IRPS). Presented at Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic, UVA, Charlottesville, Virginia, 23-25 September. (Oral Presentation)
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