Coastal Observers of Barrow Community Based Monitors (How To Video)
The Coastal Observers of Barrow have released a training video for measuring beach profiles and evaluating coastal hazards. The video was produced by youth monitors and their families. It is part of an effort to recruit more citizen scientists in the region and expand community-centered coastal monitoring efforts in response to increasing environmental hazards along…
Read MoreWhat is a Buffer? How Well Do Engineered Buffers Work in the Arctic?
Brief summary of the the role of buffers and limitations on the use of some materials and designs in arctic conditions.
Read MorePermafrost Change: What It Means to Alaskans and How We Can Adapt
Factsheet on the potential effects of thawing permafrost on Alaska’s permafrost on vegetation, water supplies, transportation, infrastructure, and human health with a discussion of how Alaskans can adapt. Free download from Alaska Sea Grant Bookstore.
Read MorePotential Solutions to Arctic Coastal Erosion
Examples and descriptions of the pros and cons of using various types of buffers and erosion control structures in arctic environments
Read MoreState Works with Communities on Coastal Erosion Response
2017 newspaper article describes community-based efforts and methods for monitoring coastal erosion in Bristol Bay
Read MoreMeasuring Beach Profiles
Students learn how to measure a beach profile and calculate the slope of the beach. With repeated measurements, they calcuate the rates of erosion. Recommendations are provided for building needed equipment out of inexpensive materials that are available in Alaska rural communities.
Read MoreMoving Meshik
An account of an erosion research project near Port Heiden that explains erosion procesess related to volcanic soil type and loss of buffering by sea ice. The community has lost protected boat launch areas but has responded by moving buildings from Meshik, the “old village” inland to the new village location. 9 mins.
Read MoreEncountering Environmental Hazards on Alaska’s Coast
Portal website for reporting a variety of environmentall hazards people encounter along Alaska’s coast with Alaska-specific factsheets and other resources to teach about invasive species, earthquakes and tsunamis, flooding and erosion, harmful algal blooms and PSP, marine mammal strandings, oil and hazardous spills, and impacts of sea ice and risingocean temperatures.
Read MoreFaces of Climate Change II: Disappearing Sea Ice
Observations of changes in sea ice, weather patterns. and Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean marine ecosystems through interviews with scientists and Alaska Natives. Includes Inupiaq names for different types of sea ice. 11 mins. 2012.
Read MoreAlaska’s Coast is Vanishing, One Storm at a Time
2017 Scientific American article that describes how coastal erosion rates are increasing and efforts by scientists to monitor the amount of change.
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