Media Mentions

Tennessee: Connected to the Arctic through Service & Science

Through Operation Arctic Care, health professionals in the Guard serve local citizens in remote areas.
Publisher: 
Medium
Date: 
Friday, July 1, 2016

Funding Effective Interdisciplinary Collaborations: NGEE-Arctic as a Case Study—IARPC Collaborations Webinar Series

The Next Generation Ecosystems Experiments (NGEE-Arctic) is a 10-year Department of Energy (DOE)-supported project whose mission is to improve mathematical models that predict climate through advance understanding of the physical, chemical,
Publisher: 
IARPC Collaborations
Date: 
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Drying Arctic Soils Could Accelerate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A new study published in Nature Climate Change indicates soil moisture levels will determine how much carbon is released to the atmosphere as rising temperatures thaw Arctic lands.
Publisher: 
ORNL News
Date: 
Monday, June 13, 2016

Warming Could Mean Major Thaw for Alaskan Permafrost

If you’d asked permafrost researcher Vladimir Romanovsky five years ago if he thought the permafrost of the North Slope of Alaska was in danger of substantial thaw this century because of global warming, he would have said no.
Publisher: 
Climate Central
Date: 
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Expanding Use of Plant Trait Observations in Earth System Models

Workshop on Trait Methods for Representing Ecosystem Change; Rockville, Maryland, 18–19 November 2015.
Publisher: 
EOS
Date: 
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Arctic Permafrost is Thawing Faster than Expected

Subsurface ice wedges often form polygon shapes in the Arctic landscape.
Publisher: 
CBC Radio
Date: 
Saturday, April 9, 2016

Wullschleger Named Outstanding Alumnus for Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

Stan Wullschleger, a scientist with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named the recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Alumnus Award for the Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricult
Publisher: 
University of Arkansas News
Date: 
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Tracking Carbon in the Alaskan Arctic

Researchers trace carbon through Arctic soils and find an unlikely source of methane and surprisingly low methane oxidation in watersheds throughout northern Alaska.
Publisher: 
EOS
Date: 
Monday, February 8, 2016

Warming Could Mean Major Thaw for Alaskan Permafrost

If you’d asked permafrost researcher Vladimir Romanovsky five years ago if he thought the permafrost of the North Slope of Alaska was in danger of substantial thaw this century because of global warming, he would have said no.
Publisher: 
Climate Central
Date: 
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Bad News: Scientists Say We Could be Underestimating Arctic Methane Emissions

BARROW, AK – A new study examined methane emissions at sites on Alaska’s North Slope, south of Barrow, and found that cold-season emissions make up a significant portion of the methane emitted from the Arctic throughout the year. This is a fact not reflec
Publisher: 
The Washington Post
Date: 
Monday, December 21, 2015