Permafrost Pathways

Unaccounted emissions from abrupt permafrost thaw and wildfires could impact global carbon budgets - Woodwell Climate In a new study released this week in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, researchers assess the impact of a warming Arctic on global carbon emissions and find that carbon emissions from abrupt ...

🌍 In a new study released this week in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, #PermafrostPathways researchers found that carbon emissions from abrupt permafrost thaw and wildfire will substantially limit our ability to keep global temperature increase below 1.5° or 2° Celsius.

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Villages Destroyed and a Hunger for Home

"Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, the two villages hit hardest by the storm, sit on wet, treeless tundra braided through with rivers and streams. ... Dark water rose around homes, many with large, multigenerational families inside, wrenching them off their foundations."

Update: Here's how you can help survivors of the Western Alaska storm The remnants of Typhoon Halong have killed one person, left two missing, displaced hundreds and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes.

Community groups and businesses across the state are coordinating relief efforts after the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought widespread devastation to Western Alaska.

Here's how you can help.

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What we know about the devastating storm in Western Alaska The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced.

The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced. n.pr/48TiQ6f

Here is a view of YK Delta Water Level and Webcams to support awareness and data accessibility during the ongoing storm system affecting western and southwestern Alaska (remnants of Typhoon Halong).

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Real-time water level data views:

Western AK water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org#default-data/1

Nome: water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org#default-data/2

Red Dog: water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org#default-data/3

Prudhoe Bay: water-level-watch.portal.aoos.org#default-data/4

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Thinking of everyone in Kotzebue braving this storm — stay safe! 💙🌊

View local water level data (not all data is up to the minute):
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More info: awlw.aoos.org

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Remnants of Typhoon Halong bring widespread damage to Western Alaska Dozens of residents were rescued after floodwaters in multiple communities swept homes off their foundations.

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Most of rural Alaska is Alaska Native. Bonus donating to support Alaska Native people on Indigenous Peoples Day.

Today is Indigenous People's Day

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Scientists can see Earth’s permafrost thawing from space New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, and communities.

🛰️ Hear from Dr. Sue Natali about the new ways researchers are tracking permafrost thaw and how Alaska Native communities and Permafrost Pathways are using this information to inform climate adaptation planning.

Day 1️⃣ of Climate Week

Stay tuned for updates from our panel discussions and partner collaborations.

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Information Session on the National Plan for Arctic Research YouTube video by IARPC Collaborations

Did you miss the Information Session on the National Plan for Arctic Research that we co-hosted with the IARPC Secretariat and ARCUS last week? You can now view the recording on IARPC Collaborations' YouTube channel! youtu.be/WdenRb3xJLk?...

If you're wondering how you can learn more about and engage with the National Arctic Research Plan 2027-2031 development process, check out this list of upcoming engagement opportunities from IARPC Collaborations: www.iarpccollaborations.org/updates/26518

This map from @cmshintani.bsky.social shows the range of the nomadic Dukha reindeer herders on the high taiga of northwest Mongolia.

Woodwell Climate is proud to announce the appointment of three endowed chairs, an exciting milestone in our 40-year history that will sustain groundbreaking climate research for generations to come.

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Spent a rainy but productive day on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. with our Government Relations and @permafrostpathways.bsky.social teams. The importance of using maps to communicate our science was a key topic of discussion. The map tie also received several compliments :)

Northern communities adapt to a new era of Arctic-boreal wildfire - Woodwell Climate Arctic Indigenous Peoples face health crises, displacement, and cultural disruption due to wildfire. Indigenous expertise offers solutions.

🔥 Arctic Indigenous Peoples face deepening health crises, displacement, and cultural disruption due to wildfire. Indigenous expertise offers solutions.

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This study uses data from almost 200 studies going back to the 1970s, with data from almost 2000 unique sites. Knowing what it takes to collect this data and publish these individual studies, it is humbling to be able to use their findings in a joint analysis – standing on the shoulder of giants.

Our modelling of future methane emissions account for both climate warming (through a space-for-time framework) and permafrost thaw (through landscape transitions caused by thaw), and we find that these effects have important interactions – although the direct effect of warming dominates.

An Unusual Sight Over Canada’s Arctic: Wildfire Smoke

“We have no need for air-conditioning, and so we don’t have filtration in the homes for smoke.”
Project Lead Sue Natali and Sr. Arctic Lead Edward Alexander spoke to the New York Times about how the presence of smoke in northern communities is a growing cause for concern. #Canada #Arctic
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This is a great opportunity for US based early career scientists to build international research collaborations. Please spread the word.

As a lead author of Chapter Four, Natali, project lead of @permafrostpathways.bsky.social joins 20 other experts from 16 nations to gather the best available science on land surface processes, interactions between the cryosphere, ocean, and atmosphere, and changes in carbon sinks and sources.

📣 We’re excited to share that Senior Scientist and Arctic ecologist Dr. Sue Natali has been named a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (#IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report!

Experts emphasize need for Interior Alaska wildfire mitigation Gwich’in panelist Edward Alexander explained how cultural burnings every two years can be used as preventative maintenance.

A group panelists — three whom live in Alaska’s Interior — discussed methods to address wildfires in the Arctic, as well as strategies to implement fire mitigation.

A 17km horseback trek brought us to the Dukha reindeer herders' autumn camp in the West Taiga this week. We're here to co-create maps, sharing the story of their nomadic life and how they're navigating climate change and land use changes.
Drone 📸: IG @l.s_ragchaa
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