Rapid Arctic Transitions due to Infrastructure and Climate (RATIC). An initiative of the of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC).

1. 2022

   1. 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
   2. 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)
   3. 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
   4. 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)

1. 2021

   1. Bartsch, A., Pointner, G., Nitze, I., Efimova, A., Jakober, D., Ley, S., Högström, E.,, Grosse, G., and Schweitzer, P. 2021. Expanding infrastructure and growing anthropogenic impacts along Arctic coasts. Environmental Research Letters, 16:115013. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac3176
   2. 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. EGU General Assembly, Online, 19-30 April 2021, EGU21-10296. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-10296, 2021 (Presentation)
   3. 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
   4. 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)
   5. 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
   6. Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y., Bigelow, N.H., Bjella, K.L., Douglas, T.A., Jones, B.M., Jorgenson, M.T. and Fortier, D. 2021. Yedoma cryostratigraphy of recently excavated sections of the CRREL Permafrost Tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska. Frontiers in Earth Science, submitted.
   7. Landers, Z. 2021. Effects of Ice Rich Permafrost on Infrastructure. National Renewable Energy Laboratory Summer Internship Research Poster Session, 6 August. (Poster)
   8. 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
   9. Sehmel, T. 2021. Potential Mitigation Strategies for Buildings and Infrastructure on Thawing Permafrost. One Health, One Future Conference, Online, 6-11 April. (Poster)
   10. Shur, Y., Fortier, D., Jorgenson, T., Kanevskiy, M., Schirrmeister, L., Strauss, J., Vasiliev, A. and Ward Jones, M. 2021. Yedoma Permafrost Genesis: More than 150 Years of Mystery and Controversy. Frontiers in Earth Science, submitted.
   11. 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. Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (Session 19), Online, 19-26 March. (Presentation)

1. 2020

   1. 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. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4-8 May 2020, EGU2020-11919. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11919 (Presentation)
   2. 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
   3. 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

1. 2019

   1. Kumpula, T., Raynolds, M.K. & Walker, D.A. 2019. Mapping of Cumulative Impacts of Oil and Gas Development in Arctic Alaska and the Yamal Peninsula. Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week, Arkhangelsk, Russia, 22-30 May. (Poster)
   2. 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. (Presentation)
   3. Walker, D.A. 2019. Landscape evolution and adapting to change in ice-rich permafrost systems (NNA-IRPS). Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic, UVA, Charlottesville, Virginia, 23-25 September. (Presentation)
   4. Walker, D.A. and Peirce, J.L. 2019. RATIC / T-MOSAiC Connections and Opportunities. Workshop Report to the IASC Secretariat, 2 September. (PDF)
   5. Walker, D.A., Epstein, H.E., Sibik, J., Bhatt, U., Romanovsky, V., Breen, A.L., Chasnikova, S., Daanen, R., Druckenmiller, L.A. & (...) Timling, I. 2019. Vegetation along the 1700-km Yamal Peninsula-Franz Josef Land Eurasia Arctic Transect. Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week, Arkhangelsk, Russia, 22-30 May. (Poster)
   6. Walker, D.A., Epstein, H.E., Sibik, J., Bhatt, U., Romanovsky, V.E., Breen, A.L., et al. 2019. Vegetation on mesic loamy and sandy soils along a 1700-km maritime Eurasia Arctic Transect. Applied Vegetation Science, 2019; 22:150-167. doi:1111/avsc.12401 (PDF)
   7. Walker, D.A., Jorgenson, M.T., Kanevskiy, M., Liljedahl A.K., Nolan, M., Raynolds, M.K. and Sturm, M. 2019. Likely impacts of proposed 3D-seismic surveys to the terrain, permafrost, hydrology, and vegetation in the 1002 Area, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Alaska Geobotany Center Publication AGC 19-01. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK. (PDF)
   8. Walker, D.A., Peirce, J.L., Kumpula, T., Romanovsky, V., Schweitzer, P. & Vincent, W. 2019. RATIC-TMOSAiC connections and opportunities. Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week, Arkhangelsk, Russia, 22-30 May. (Presentation)

1. 2018

   1. Frost, G.V., Epstein H.E., Walker, D.A., Matyshak G., & Ermokhina, K. 2018. Seasonal and Long-Term Changes to Active-Layer Temperatures after Tall Shrubland Expansion and Succession in Arctic Tundra. Ecosystems, 21:507-520. doi:10.1007/s10021-017-0165-5
   2. Walker, D.A., Shur, Y., Kanevskiy, M., Raynolds, M., Kofinas, G., Romanovsky, V., et al. 2018. Cumulative effects of oilfield infrastructure and climate change in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska, illustrate the need for an international strategy to address rapid arctic transitions due to infrastructure and climate. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, submitted.

1. 2017

   1. Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K. and Epstein, H.E., 2017. Humidification of the Arctic. Effects of more open ocean water on land temperatures and tundra productivity along continental and maritime bioclimate transects (Invited). Presented at AGU Fall Meeting, 11-15 December, New Orleans, LA. (Abstract B41A-1923) (Poster)
   2. Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Epstein, H.E., Bieniek, P.A., Comiso, C., Pinzon, J.E. and Tucker, C.J. 2017. Humidification of the Arctic: Effects of changing sea-ice on summer land temperatures, continentality and NDVI along transects in Eurasia and North America. Presented at Svalbard Biomass Workshop, 9-12 October, Longyearbyen, Norway.
   3. Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Bieniek, P.A., Epstein, H.E., Comiso, J.C., Pinzon, J.E. and Tucker, C.J. 2017. Climate Drivers of Tundra Vegetation Greening/Browning in the Arctic. Presented at IARC Salon, April 13, Fairbanks, Alaska.
   4. Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Bieniek, P.A., Epstein, H.E., Comiso, J.C., Pinzon, J.E. and Tucker, C.J. 2017. Possible causes of arctic tundra vegetation productivity declines (Invited). Presented at AGU Fall Meeting, 11-15 December, New Orleans, LA. (Abstract B43J-01)
   5. Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Bieniek, P.A., Epstein, H.E., Comiso, J.C., Pinzon, J.E. and Tucker, C.J. 2017. On understanding the climate drivers of tundra vegetation greening/browning in the Arctic. Presented at Chapman Chair Symposium, September 3, Fairbanks, Alaska.
   6. Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Bieniek, P.A., Epstein, H.E., Comiso, J.C., Pinzon, J.E., Tucker, C.J., Steele, M.A., Ermold, W. and Zhang, J. 2017. Changing seasonality of Pan-Arctic tundra vegetation in relation to climatic variables. Environmental Research Letters, 12:055003. doi:1088/1748-9326/aa6b0b
   7. Epstein, H., Walker, D., Sibik, J., Chasnikova, S., Frost, G., Leibman, M., Matyshak, G. & Raynolds, M. 2017. Vegetation community and ecosystem properties along the Eurasian Arctic Transect (EAT). Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week, Prague, CZ, 31 March-7 April. (Abstract O 065, p. 139) (Presentation)
   8. Epstein, H.E., Bhatt, U.S., Raynolds, M.K., Walker, D.A., Forbes, B.C., Horstkotte, T., Macias-Fauria, M., Martin, A., Phoenix, G., Bjerke, J., Tømmervik, Hl, Fauchald, P., Vickers, H., Myneni, R. and Dickerson, C. 2017. Tundra Greenness. In: Arctic Report Card 2017. (Website)
   9. Frost, G.V., Epstein, H.E., Walker, D.A., Matyshak, G. and Ermokhina, K. 2017. Seasonal and long-term changes to active-layer temperatures after tall shrubland expansion and succession in arctic tundra. Ecosystems, 16, 1296. doi:1007/s10021-017-0165-5
   10. Goncharova, O., Matyshak, G. & Bobrik, A. 2017. Climate and soil temperature variation in the forest-tundra transition near Nadym, West Siberia, Russia. Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week, Prague, CZ, 31 March-7 April. (Abstract O 067, p. 139) (Presentation)
   11. Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y., Jorgensen, T., Brown, D.R.N., Moskalenko, N., Brown, J., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K. & Buchhorn, M. 2017. Degradation and stabilization of ice wedges: Implications for assessing risk of thermokarst in northern Alaska. Geomorphology, 297:20-42. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.09.001
   12. Kumpula, T., Macias-Fauria, M., Skarin, A., Verdonen, M., Korpelainen, P. and Forbes, B. 2017. Drivers of landcover changes in tundra reindeer pastures of Yamal, west Siberia. Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week, Prague, CZ, 31 March-7 April. (Abstract O 152, p. 168) (Presentation)
   13. Kumpula, T., Verdonen, M., Korpelainen, P. & Forbes, B. 2017. Cryogenic landslide activity in early 1970s and late 1980s in central Yamal, Russia, observed from satellite image time series. Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week, Prague, CZ, 31 March-7 April. (Abstract O 068, p. 140) (Presentation)
   14. Kuznetsova, E. 2017. Effect of climate change and resource scarcity on road and railways infrastructure: Norwegian case study. Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week, Prague, CZ, 31 March-7 April. (Abstract O 116, p. 168) (Presentation)
   15. Mård, J., Box, J.E., Brown, R., Mack, M., Mernild, S.H., Walker, D. and Walsh, J. 2017. Cross-cutting scientific issues. In: AMAP (Ed.), Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017. Oslo, Norway: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), pp. 231-256. (Website)
   16. Orekhov, P., Slagoda, E. & Popov, K. 2017. Factors of spatial differentiation of cryogenic geosystems of the Bely Island arctic tundras. Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week, Prague, CZ, 31 March-7 April. (Abstract O 069, p. 141) (Presentation)
   17. Romanovsky, V., Isaksen, K., Drozdov, D., Anisimov, O., Instanes, A., Leibman, M., et al. 2017. Changing permafrost and its impacts. In: AMAP (Ed.), Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2018. Oslo, Norway: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), pp. 65-102. (Website)
   18. Romanovsky, V., Nicolsky, D., Cable, W., Kholodov, A., Farquharson, L., Panda, S., et al. 2017. Measured and modeled changes in permafrost along North American Arctic Transect. Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week, Prague, CZ, 31 March-7 April. (Abstract O 100, p. 141)
   19. Romanovsky, V.E., Smith, S.L., Shiklomanov, N.I., Streletskiy, D.A., Isaksen, K., Kholodov, A.L., Christiansen, H.H., Drozdov, D.S., Malkova, G.V. and Marchenko, S.S. 2017. [The Arctic] Terrestrial Permafrost [in State of the Climate in 2016]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98:S147-S151. (Website)
   20. Walker, D.A. 2017. Sustainable Arctic Infrastructure Forum (SAIF): An IASC Cross-cutting Workshop, Prague, CZ, 3 April. Workshop Report to the IASC Secretariat, 26 April. (PDF)
   21. Walker, D.A., Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y., Raynolds, M., Buchhorn, M. and Matyshak, G. 2017. Rapid transitions caused by infrastructure and climate, Prudhoe Bay oilfield, Alaska, USA. Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week, Prague, CZ, 31 March-7 April. (Abstract O 115, p. 171) (Presentation)
   22. Yu, Q., Epstein, H., Engstrom, R. and Walker, D. 2017. Circumpolar arctic tundra biomass and productivity dynamics in response to projected climate change and herbivory. Global Change Biology, 23:3895–3907. doi:1111/gcb.13632

1. 2016

   1. Buchhorn, M., Raynolds, M.K., Walker, D.A., M. Willis, M., Wirth, L.M., Kanevskiy, M., Matyshak, G., Shur, Y., and Peirce, J. 2016. Effects of 45 years of heavy road traffic and climate change on the thermal regime of permafrost and tundra at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. In: F. Günther and A. Morgenstern (eds.), XI. International Conference On Permafrost - Book of Abstracts, 20-24 June 2016, Potsdam, Germany. Bibliothek Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, pp. 1203-1205. doi:10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2016.001 (Abstract, pp. 1203-1205) (Poster)
   2. Frost, G. V., Christopherson, T. C., Liljedahl, A. K., Macander, M. J., Walker, D. A. and Wells, A. F. 2016. Regional patterns and asynchronous onset of ice-wedge degradation in Arctic Alaska. In: F. Günther and A. Morgenstern (eds.), XI. International Conference On Permafrost - Book of Abstracts, 20-24 June 2016, Potsdam, Germany. Bibliothek Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, p. 32. doi:10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2016.002 (Abstract, p. 32)
   3. Frost, G., Epstein, H., Walker, D. and Matyshak, G. 2016. Changes to Active-Layer Temperature after Tall Shrub Expansion in Arctic Tundra. In: F. Günther and A. Morgenstern (eds.), XI. International Conference On Permafrost - Book of Abstracts, 20-24 June 2016, Potsdam, Germany. Bibliothek Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, pp. 410-411. doi:10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2016.001 (Abstract, pp. 410-411) (Poster)
   4. Grosse, G., Goetz, S., McGuire, A., Romanovsky, V. and Schuur, E. 2016. Review and synthesis: Changing permafrost in a warming world and feedbacks to the earth system. Environmental Research Letters, 11(4):040201. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/040201
   5. Heim, B., Bartsch, A., Beamish, A., Stettner, S., Buchhorn, M., Duguay, C., Hoegstroem, E., Widhalm, B., Elger, K., and Walker, D.A. 2016. User and expert-supported validation and evaluation experiments for high latitude permafrost landscapes. In: F. Günther and A. Morgenstern (eds.), XI. International Conference On Permafrost - Book of Abstracts, 20-24 June 2016, Potsdam, Germany. Bibliothek Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, p. 904. doi:10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2016.003 (Abstract, p. 904)
   6. Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y., Strauss, J., Jorgenson, M.T., Fortier, D., Stephani, E. and Vasiliev, A. 2016. Patterns and rates of riverbank erosion involving ice-rich permafrost (yedoma) in northern Alaska. Geomorphology, 253:370-384. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.10.023
   7. Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y., Walker, D.A., Buchhorn, M., Jorgensen, M.T., Matyshak, M., Raynolds, M.K., Peirce, J.L. and Wirth, L.M. 2016. Evaluation of Risk of Ice-Wedge Degradation, Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska. In: F. Günther and A. Morgenstern (eds.), XI. International Conference On Permafrost - Book of Abstracts, 20-24 June 2016, Potsdam, Germany. Bibliothek Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, pp. 999-1001. doi:10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2016.001 (Abstract, pp. 999-1001) (Poster)
   8. Khomutov, A., Dvornikov, Y., Leibman, M., Gubarkov, A. and Mullanurov, D. 2016. The rates of thermocirque development and driving factors of their activation on Central Yamal, Russia. In: F. Günther and A. Morgenstern (eds.), XI. International Conference On Permafrost - Book of Abstracts, 20-24 June 2016, Potsdam, Germany. Bibliothek Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, pp. 910-911. doi:10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2016.001 (Abstract, pp. 910-911) (Poster)
   9. Khomutov, A., Leibman, M. Dvornikov, Y. and Khitun, O. 2016. Study of off-road vehicle trails impact on tundra landscapes by field and remote-sensing methods, Central Yamal, Russia. In: F. Günther and A. Morgenstern (eds.), XI. International Conference On Permafrost - Book of Abstracts, 20-24 June 2016, Potsdam, Germany. Bibliothek Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, pp. 912-913. doi:10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2016.001 (Abstract, pp. 912-913) (Poster)
   10. Kumpula, T. and Forbes, B.C. 2016. Changing pasture land, rapid land cover changes and their impacts on Nenets reindeer herding on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. Presented at International Arctic Science Committee ICARP III Working Group meeting on Infrastructure in the Arctic (and elsewhere) as a Social and Ecological Challenge. Vienna, Austria, January 15-16. (Presentation)
   11. Liljedahl, A.K., Boike, J., Daanen, R. P., Fedorov, A. N., Frost, G. V., Grosse, G., Hinzman, L., Iijima, Y., Jorgenson, J.C., Matveyeva, N., Necsoiu, M., Raynolds, M.K., Romanovsky, V., Schulla, J., Tape, K.D., Walker, D.A., Wilson, C.J., and Yabuki, H. 2016. Recent circum-Arctic ice-wedge degradation and its hydrological impacts. In: F. Günther and A. Morgenstern (eds.), XI. International Conference On Permafrost - Book of Abstracts, 20-24 June 2016, Potsdam, Germany. Bibliothek Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, p. 917. doi:10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2016.004 (Abstract, p. 917)
   12. Matyshak, G., Goncharova, O., Boric, A., Sukhova, D., Petrzhik, N. and Kireev, R. 2016. Heat line in permafrost - a large experiment of transformation of the Arctic ecosystems. In: F. Günther and A. Morgenstern (eds.), XI. International Conference On Permafrost - Book of Abstracts, 20-24 June 2016, Potsdam, Germany. Bibliothek Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, pp. 177-178. doi:10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2016.001 (Abstract, pp. 177-178) (Presentation)
   13. Raynolds, M.K. and Walker, D.A. 2016. Increased wetness confounds Landsat-derived NDVI trends in the central Alaska North Slope region, 1985–2011. Environmental Research Letters, 11:085004. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/8/085004
   14. Shur, Y., Kanevskiy, M., Walker, D.A., Jorgensen, T., Buchhorn, M., Raynolds, M.K. and Toniolo, H. 2016. Permafrost-Related Causes and Consequences of the Sagavanirktok River Delta Flooding in Spring 2015. In: F. Günther and A. Morgenstern (eds.), XI. International Conference On Permafrost - Book of Abstracts, 20-24 June 2016, Potsdam, Germany. Bibliothek Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, pp. 1014-1016. doi:10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2016.001 (Abstract, pp. 1014-1016) (Presentation)
   15. Walker, D.A., Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y., Raynolds, M.K. and Buchhorn, M. 2016. Effects of infrastructure, climate change, and icewedge degradation, Prudhoe Bay oilfield, Alaska. Presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 12-16. (Abstract) (Presentation)
   16. Walker, D.A., Peirce, J.L., Kumpula, T., Liebman, M.O., Matyshak, G., Streletskiy, D., Raynolds, M.K., Shur, Y.S., Kanevskiy, M., Buchhorn, M., Kofinas, G., Ambrosius, K., Epstein, H.E., Romanovsky, V., Forbes, B.C., Khumotov, A., Khitun, O., Shiklomnanov, N., Grebenets, V., Lemay, M., Allard, M., Vincent, W., Lamoureux, S., Bell, T., Forbes, D., Fondahl, G., Kuznetsova, E., Roy, L-P, Petrov, A. and Schweitzer, P. 2016. Rapid Arctic Transitions due to Infrastructure and Climate (RATIC): An ICARP III initiative focusing on the cumulative effects of Arctic infrastructure and climate change. In: F. Günther and A. Morgenstern (eds.), XI. International Conference On Permafrost - Book of Abstracts, 20-24 June 2016, Potsdam, Germany. Bibliothek Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, pp. 1234-1236. doi:10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2016.001 (Abstract, pp. 1234-1236) (Poster)

1. 2015

   1. Epstein, H.E., Bhatt, U.S., Raynolds, M.K., Walker, D.A., Bieniek, P.A., Tucker, C.J., Pinzon, J., Myers-Smith, I.H., Forbes, B.C., Macias-Fauria, M., Boelman, N.T. and Sweet, S.K. 2015. Tundra Greenness. In: Arctic Report Card 2015. (Website)
   2. Frost, G.V., Christpherson, T., Liljedahl, A., Macander, M.J., Walker, D.A. and Wells, A.F. 2015. Regional Patterns of Ice-Wedge Degradation Across Northern Alaska: What Does Asynchronous Timing of Onset Tell Us Regarding Triggering Mechanisms, Thresholds, and Impacts?. Presented at AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 14 - 18. (Abstract C21C-0750) (Poster)
   3. Liljedahl, A., Daanen, R., Fedorov, A., Grosse, G., Hinzman, L., Iijima, Y., Jorgenson, J., Matveyeva, N., Necsoiu, M., Raynolds, M.K., Romanovsky, V., Schulla, J., Tape, K., Walker, D.A., Wilson, C. and Yabuki, H. 2015. Ice wedge degradation: Why Arctic lowlands are becoming wetter and drier. Presented at AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 14 - 18. (Abstract C21C-0749) (Poster)
   4. Rousseau, D-D. (convenor) 2015. AGU-EGU Great Debate on "Sustainable Development of the Arctic". Presented at AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 14 - 18. (Abstract U21A) (Presentation)
   5. Walker, D.A. and J.L. Peirce (eds.) 2015. Rapid Arctic Transitions due to Infrastructure and Climate (RATIC): A contribution to ICARP III. Alaska Geobotany Center Publication AGC 15-02. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK. (PDF)
   6. Walker, D.A., Epstein, H.E., Forbes, B.C., Kofinas, G., Kumpula, T., Leibman, M.O., Romanovsky, V.E., Shur, Y., Ambrosius, K., Bhatt, U.S., Currie, T., Buchhorn, M., Kanevskiy, M.Z., Khomutov, A., Matyshak, G., Raynolds, M.K. 2015. Oral presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III). Presented at Yohama, Japan, April 23-30.
   7. Walker, D.A., Peirce, J.L., Kumpula, T., Liebman, M.O., Matyshak, G., Streletskiy, D., Raynolds, M.K., Shur, Y.S., Kanevskiy, M., Buchhorn, M., Kofinas, G., Ambrosius, K., Epstein, H.E., Romanovsky, V., Forbes, B.C., Khumotov, A., Khitun, O., Shiklomnanov, N., Grebenets, V., Lemay, M., Allard, M., Vincent, W., Lamoureux, S., Bell, T., Forbes, D., Fondahl, G., Kuznetsova, E., Roy, L-P, Petrov, A. and Schweitzer, P. 2015. Rapid Arctic Changes due to Infrastructure and Climate (RATIC) in the Russian North. Presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18. (Abstract GC31B-1183) (Poster)
   8. Yu, Q., Epstein, H. E., Engstrom, R., Shiklomanov, N. and Strelestskiy, D. 2015. Land cover and land use changes in the oil and gas regions of Northwestern Siberia under changing climatic conditions. Environmental Research Letters, 10(12):124020. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124020
   9. Yu, Q., Shiklomanov N.I., Streletskiy, D.A., Engstrom R. and Epstein H.E. 2015. Detecting anthropogenic and climate change induced land cover and land use change in the vicinity of an oil/gas facility in northwestern Siberia, Russia. Presented at AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 14 - 18. (Abstract GC33F-04) (Presentation)

1. 2014

   1. Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Bieniek, P.A., Epstein, H.E., Comiso, J.C., Pinzon, J.E., Tucker, C.J., Steele, M.A., Ermold, W. and Zhang, J. 2014. Changing Seasonality of Tundra Vegetation and Associated Climatic Variables. Presented at AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, December 15 - 19. (Abstract) (Poster)
   2. Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Walsh, J.E., Carmack, E.C., Frey, K.E., Meier, W.N., Moore, S.E., Parmentier, F.W., Post, E., Romanovsky, V.E. and Simpson, W.R. 2014. Implications of Arctic Sea Ice Decline for the Earth System. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 39:57-89. doi:10.1146/annurev-environ-122012-094357 (Supplemental Materials) (PDF)
   3. Bobrik, A., Goncharova O., Matyshak G., et al. 2014. Spatial and temporal variability of CO2 efflux of frozen peatland soils at fine scale: the relationship with permafrost conditions and the composition of soil organic matter (Russia, calm site r1). Presented at Arctic Change 2014. Ottawa, ON December 8-12. (Abstract 334) (Poster)
   4. Buchhorn, M., Kanevskiy, M., Matyshak, G., et al. 2014. Effects of 45 years of heavy road traffic on permafrost and tundra along the Spine Road at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Presented at Arctic Change 2014. Ottawa, ON December 8-12. (Abstract 339) (Poster)
   5. Dvornikov, Y., Bartsch A., Khomutov, A. et al. 2014. Process of Organic transport in Lakes of the Yamal Region (POLYAR). Presented at Arctic Change 2014. Ottawa, ON December 8-12. (Abstract 330) (Poster)
   6. Epstein, H.E., Frost, G.V., Matyshak, G.V., Walker, D.A. and Meakem, V.M. 2014. The influences of land surface properties on soil thermal regimes in the Low Arctic of northwestern Siberia. Presented at AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, December 15 - 19. (Abstract) (Presentation)
   7. Frost, G.V., Macander, M.J., Liljedahl, A., et al. 2014. Regional patterns of ice-wedge degradation since the mid-20th century across northern Alaska. Presented at Arctic Change 2014. Ottawa, ON December 8-12. (Abstract 331) (Poster)
   8. Kanevskiy, M., Shur, Y., Matyshak, G., et al. 2014. Degradation and recovery of ice wedges in relation to road infrastructure in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, AK. Presented at Arctic Change 2014. Ottawa, ON December 8-12. (Abstract 337) (Poster)
   9. Khomutov, A., Leibman, M., Gubarkov, A., Dvornikov, Y., Khitun, O. and Mullanrov, D. 2014. Landslide and permafrost regimes near the Bovanenkovo gas field, Central Yamal, Russia. Presented at Arctic Change 2014. Ottawa, ON, December 8-12. (Abstract) (Presentation)
   10. Leibman, M.O., Khitun, O.V., Khomutov, A.V., Moskalenko, N.G., Orekhov, P.T., Ponomareva, O.E., Mullanurov, D.R., Gubarkov, A.A., Ermokhina, K.A. 2014. Synthesis of permafrost research along the Eurasia arctic transect. Presented at Arctic Change 2014. Ottawa, ON December 8-12. (Abstract 332) (Poster)
   11. Leibman, M.O., Kizyakov, A.I., Plehanov, A.V., Streletskaya, I.D. and Melnikov, V.P. 2014. Deep crater in Central Yamal, West Siberia, Russia as a new permafrost feature in response to local climate fluctuations. Presented at Arctic Change 2014. Ottawa, ON, December 8-12. (Abstract) (Presentation)
   12. Raynolds, M.K., Walker, D.A., Buchhorn, M., Wirth, L.M. 2014. Vegetation changes related to 45 years of heavy road traffic along the Spine Road at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Presented at Arctic Change 2014. Ottawa, ON December 8-12. (Abstract 333) (Poster)
   13. Romanovsky, V.E., Cable, W.G., Kholodov, S.S., at al. 2014. Changes in permafrost and active-layer thickness due to climate in the Prudhoe Bay region and North Slope, AK. Presented at Arctic Change 2014. Ottawa, ON December 8-12. (Abstract 336) (Poster)
   14. Verpaelst, M., Fortier, D., Paquette, M. 2014. Mass Movement by Solifluction and Syngenetic Dynamic of Permafrost in the High Arctic, Ward Hunt Island, Canadian High Arctic. Presented at Arctic Change 2014. Ottawa, ON December 8-12. (Abstract 329) (Poster)
   15. Walker, D.A, Bhatt, U.S., Muchhorn, M., Comiso, J., Epstein, H.E., Ermokhina, K., Forbes, B., Frost, G., Heim, B., Kofinas, G., Khumotov, A., Kumpula, T., Leiman, M., Matyshak, G., Pinzon, J., Raynolds, M.K., Romanovsky, V., Tucker, C., Wirth, L. and Yu, Q. 2014. SYN-YAMAL: A synthesis of remote-sensing studies, ground observations and modeling to understand the social-ecological consequences of climate change and resource development on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia, and relevance to the circumpolar Arctic. Presented at Arctic Change 2014. Ottawa, ON, December 8-12. (Presentation)
   16. Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Kumpula, T., Shur, Y., Kanevskiy, M.Z., Leibman, M.O., Khomutov, A., Ambrosius, K., Buchhorn, M., Epstein, H.E., Forbes, B.C., Kofinas, G., Maytshak, G.V., Romanovsky, V. and Wirth, L. 2014. Rapid Arctic Transitions in Relation to Infrastructure and Climate Change: Comparison of the Permafrost and Geoecological Conditions in the Bovanenkovo Gas Field, Russia and the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, Alaska. Presented at AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, December 15 - 19. (Abstract) (Poster)

1. 2012

   1. Frost, G.V., Epstein, H.E., Walker, D.A., Matyshak, G. and Ermokhina, K. 2012. Linkages between Patterned Ground, Alder Shrubland Development, and Active Layer Temperature in the Northwest Siberian Low Arctic. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Permafrost (TICOP), Salekhard, Russia, June 25-29, 2012, 1:119-124. (Conference Paper)
   2. Khomutov, A.V. 2012. Assessment of Landslide Geohazards in Typical Tundra of Central Yamal. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Permafrost (TICOP), Salekhard, Russia, June 25-29, 2012, 2:157-162. (Conference Paper)
   3. Moskalenko, N.G. 2012. Impact of Permafrost Degradation on Northern Taiga Ecosystems in Western Siberia. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Permafrost (TICOP), Salekhard, Russia, June 25-29, 2012, 2: 281-286. (Conference Paper)
   4. Yermokhina, K.A. and Myalo, E.G. 2012. Phytoindicators of Landslide Disturbances in the Central Yamal. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Permafrost (TICOP), Salekhard, Russia, June 25-29, 2012, 2:531-536. (Conference Paper)

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