Recently, it was another beautiful, sunny day out on the Arctic tundra. Scientists say the Arctic is melting — and fear it could help send Earth into a global warming tailspin. It may sound nicer that way — but it’s a big problem for the Earth. Scientists say the warm weather adds to global warming . . . → Read More: What is a “Feedback Loop?”: Dr. Oechel on ABC News
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Tidal waves, tornadoes, and the big freeze. The Day After Tomorrow is the latest disaster movie to hit the big screen. But how much of it is based on fact? We’ll talk about the realities of global warming. Listen to a recording of the show Dr. Walter C. Oechel is one of eight scientists selected to receive NSF Director’s 2004 Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars. NSF Press Release: NSF Names Eight Distinguished Teaching Scholars Carbon flux in arid and semiarid area shrublands, especially in old-growth shrub ecosystems, has been rarely studied using eddy covariance techniques. We are taking long-term eddy covariance measurements at 3 distinct stands of chaparral at Sky Oaks Field Station. We have found that over a 100-year old-growth chamise-dominated chaparral shrub ecosystem can be a carbon . . . → Read More: Long-term Carbon Flux Measurements of Three Chaparral Stands at Sky Oaks Field Station General Field Conditions Atqasuk, North Slope, Alaska The 2001 summer season (June-September) in the Atqasuk area was colder and drier than in 2000. Average air temperature between June-September was 4.2°C. Average monthly temperatures were 4.3°C, 7.6°C, 4.3°C, and 0.7°C for June, July, August, and September respectively. Soil surface temperatures . . . → Read More: Alaska 2001 Field Report 4 December 2000 2000 Summer Field Season Report Investigators: Oechel, Vourlitis, Brooks, Zamolodchikov, Karelin, Stow, Hope. This summer field season was very intensive for our group and included research sites in Prudhoe Bay, Barrow, Atqasuk, and Seward Peninsula, Alaska, as well as a new site on the Chukotka Peninsula, Russia. Site locations . . . → Read More: Alaska 2000 Field Report |
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