Publications and Other Products

Fire & Ice disseminates research findings by publishing peer-reviewed scientific articles as well as a other kinds of products and project outcomes to translate findings into useful tools and informative media, including K-12 educuational materials, podcasts print publications, and recorded presenations. Also visit out Highlights page for additional outreach and science communication products.

 

Publications

Academic publications produced as part of the Fire & Ice project are listed below under each team.  Since 2019, Fire & Ice researchers have produced at least 65 publications.

Badola, A., Panda, S. K., Roberts, D. A., Waigl, C. F., Bhatt, U. S., Smith, C. W., & Jandt, R. R. (2021). Hyperspectral data simulation (Sentinel-2 to AVIRIS-NG) for improved wildfire fuel mapping, boreal Alaska. Remote Sensing, 13(9), 1693. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13091693
Badola, A., Panda, S. K., Roberts, D. A., Waigl, C. F., Jandt, R. R., & Bhatt, U. S. (2022). A novel method to simulate AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral image from Sentinel-2 image for improved vegetation/wildfire fuel mapping, boreal Alaska. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 112, 102891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.102891
Badola, A., Panda, S. K., Thompson, D. R., Roberts, D. A., Waigl, C. F., & Bhatt, U. S. (2023). Estimation and validation of sub-pixel needleleaf cover fraction in the boreal forest of Alaska to aid fire management. Remote Sensing, 15(10), 2484. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15102484
Ballinger, T., Bhatt, U., Bieniek, P., Borries-Strigle, C., Burgard, M., Fischer, E., Hostler, J., Lader, R., Stevens, E., Strader, H., & Waigl, C. (Submitted). The impact of snowoff timing and associated atmospheric drivers on the Alaska wildfire season.

Ballinger, T. J. (In prep). An evaluation of extreme atmospheric patterns as indicators of Interior Alaska fire weather. Climatic Change.

Ballinger, T. J., Bhatt, U. S., Bieniek, P. A., Brettschneider, B., Lader, R. T., Littell, J. S., Thoman, R. L., Waigl, C. F., Walsh, J. E., & Webster, M. A. (2023). Alaska terrestrial and marine climate trends, 1957–2021. Journal of Climate, 36(13), 4375–4391. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0434.1
Ballinger, T. J., Lader, R. T., Bieniek, P. A., Strader, H., Ziel, R., Bhatt, U. S., Borries-Strigle, C., Hostler, J., Stevens, E., Waigl, C. F., & York, A. (2024). Evaluating the Alaska Blocking Index as an indicator of wildfire potential in Alaska’s central eastern interior. International Journal of Climatology, 44(7), 2230–2245. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8450
Bar, S., Parida, B. R., Pandey, A. C., & Panda, S. K. (2022). Changing forest fire regime in relation to climatic conditions over Western and Eastern Himalaya, India. In Handbook of Himalayan Ecosystems and Sustainability, Volume 1 (Vol. 1, p. 20). CRC Press. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003268383-19/changing-forest-fire-regime-relation-climatic-conditions-western-eastern-himalaya-india-somnath-bar-bikash-ranjan-parida-arvind-chandra-pandey-santosh-kumar-panda
Bar, S., Parida, B. R., Pandey, A. C., Shankar, B. U., Kumar, P., Panda, S. K., & Behera, M. D. (2023). Modeling and prediction of fire occurrences along an elevational gradient in Western Himalayas. Applied Geography, 151, 102867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2022.102867
Barst, B. D., Cohen, J., & Hennon, G. (In prep). Tracking the fate of mercury in downstream habitats affected by rapid deglaciation in Alaska using stable isotopes. Environmental Science & Technology.
Bhatt, U., Bieniek, P., Borries-Strigle, C., Burgard, M., Stevens, E., Strader, H., Thoman, R., York, A., & Ziel, R. (Submitted). Using Seasonal Forecasts to Create Skillful Summer Wildland Fire Outlooks in Alaska.

Bhatt, U. S., Carreras, B. A., Barredo, J. M. R., Newman, D. E., Collet, P., & Gomila, D. (2022). The potential impact of climate change on the efficiency and reliability of solar, hydro, and wind energy sources. Land, 11(8), 1275. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11081275
Bhatt, U. S., Lader, R. T., Walsh, J. E., Bieniek, P. A., Thoman, R., Berman, M., Borries-Strigle, C., Bulock, K., Chriest, J., Hahn, M., Hendricks, A. S., Jandt, R., Little, J., McEvoy, D., Moore, C., Rupp, T. S., Schmidt, J., Stevens, E., Strader, H., … Ziel, R. (2021). Emerging anthropogenic influences on the southcentral Alaska temperature and precipitation extremes and related fires in 2019. Land, 10(1), 82. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10010082
Bhatt, U. S., York, A., Jandt, R., Strader, H., Ballinger, T. J., Burgard, M., Fischer, E. V., Bieniek, P. A., Borries-Strigle, C., Hostler, J., & Badola, A. (In prep). On Conducting Research that is relevant for Fire Management in Alaska. Elementa.

Bhatt, U. S., York, A., Timm, K., Borries-Strigle, C., Jandt, R., Strader, H., Ballinger, T. J., Burgard, M., Fischer, E. V., Bieniek, P. A., Hostler, J., & Badola, A. (In prep). Ongoing engagement with fire managers in Alaska is key to producing actionable science.
Bieniek, P. A., Bhatt, U. S., York, A., Walsh, J. E., Lader, R., Strader, H., Ziel, R., Jandt, R. R., & Thoman, R. L. (2020). Lightning variability in dynamically downscaled simulations of Alaska’s present and future summer climate. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59(6), 1139–1152. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0209.1
Bieniek, P. A., Waigl, C. F., Bhatt, U., Ballinger, T., Lader, R., Borries‐Strigle, Hostler, J., Fischer, E., Burgard, M., Stevens, E., & Strader, H. (Submitted). The impact of snowmelt timing on the predictability of the early wildfire season in Alaska.

Borries-Strigle, C., & Bhatt, U. S. (In prep). Multi-model forecasting of Buildup Index in Alaska. Climate Services.

Borries-Strigle, C., Bhatt, U. S., Bieniek, P. A., Ballinger, T. J., Burgard, M., Castellanos Acuna, D., Fischer, E. V., Jain, P., Lader, R., Stevens, E., Strader, H., Thoman, R., Waigl, C. F., & York, A. (In prep). Seasonal forecast evaluation of Temperature and Precipitation in Alaska in the context of the wildland fire. Fire.

Brinkman, T. J., Schmidt, J., & Paragi, T. (In prep). Immediate impacts of wildfire on moose harvest. Journal of Wildlife Management.

Brinkman, T., Paragi, T., & Schmidt, J. (Submitted). Small Immediate Effects of Wildfire on Alaska Moose Harvest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

Carreras, B., Newman, D., Bhatt, U. S., Reynolds, J.-M., Collet, P., & Gomila, D. (2023). An initial analysis of the impact of future climate change on the efficiency and reliability of solar, wind and hydro energy sources. Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 10. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/102949
Hahn, M. B., Kuiper, G., O’Dell, K., Fischer, E. V., & Magzamen, S. (2021). Wildfire smoke is associated with an increased risk of cardiorespiratory emergency department visits in Alaska. GeoHealth, 5(5). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GH000349
 
Holt, A. D., Fellman, J., Hood, E., Kellerman, A. M., Raymond, P., Stubbins, A., Dittmar, T., & Spencer, R. G. M. (2023). The evolution of stream dissolved organic matter composition following glacier retreat in coastal watersheds of southeast Alaska. Biogeochemistry, 164(1), 99–116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00815-6
 
Jenson, A., Amundson, J. M., Kingslake, J., & Hood, E. (2022). Long-period variability in ice-dammed glacier outburst floods due to evolving catchment geometry. The Cryosphere, 16(1), 333–347. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-333-2022
Johnson, M. A. (2021). Subtidal surface circulation in lower Cook Inlet and Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 41, 101609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101609
Lader, R., Waigl, C. F., Ballinger, T. J., Bhatt, U. S., Bieniek, P. A., Borries-Strigle, C., Burgard, M., Fischer, E. V., Hostler, J., Stevens, E., & Strader, H. (Submitted). An assessment of large-scale indicators of severe wildfire years in Alaska. International Journal of Wildland Fire.
 
Miller, C. A., & Kelley, A. L. (2021). Alkalinity cycling and carbonate chemistry decoupling in seagrass mystify processes of acidification mitigation. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 13500. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92771-2
Miller, E. A., Baughman, C. A., Jones, B. M., & Jandt, R. R. (2024). Biophysical effects of an old tundra fire in the Brooks Range Foothills of Northern Alaska, U.S.A. Polar Science, 39, 100984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2023.100984
Miller, E. A., Jones, B. M., Baughman, C. A., Jandt, R. R., Jenkins, J. L., & Yokel, D. A. (2023). Unrecorded tundra fires of the Arctic slope, Alaska, USA. Fire, 6(3), 101. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6030101
Newman, D., Carreras, B., Reynolds, J.-M., Bhatt, U. S., Collet, P., & Gomila, D. (2022). A first analysis of the potential impact of climate change on the efficiency and reliability of solar and hydro energy sources. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2022.415
Sampath, A., Bhatt, U. S., Bieniek, P. A., Ziel, R., York, A., Strader, H., Alden, S., Thoman, R., Brettschneider, B., Petrescu, E., Peng, P., & Mitchell, S. (2021). Evaluation of seasonal forecasts for the fire season in Interior Alaska. Weather and Forecasting, 36(2), 601–613. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-19-0225.1
Schmidt, J. I., Ziel, R. H., Calef, M. P., & Varvak, A. (2024). Spatial distribution of wildfire threat in the far north: Exposure assessment in boreal communities. Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-06365-4
Schmidt, J., & See, J. (2023). Advancing wildfire preparedness and planning in Anchorage wildfire exposure and egress study. University of Alaska Anchorage, Institute of Social and Economic Research. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23826762/anchorage-wildfire-egress-report.pdf
Scholten, R. C., Jandt, R., Miller, E. A., Rogers, B. M., & Veraverbeke, S. (2021). Overwintering fires in boreal forests. Nature, 593(7859), 399–404. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03437-y
Smith, C. W., Panda, S. K., Bhatt, U. S., & Meyer, F. J. (2021). Improved boreal forest wildfire fuel type mapping in Interior Alaska using AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral data. Remote Sensing, 13(5), 897. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13050897
Smith, C. W., Panda, S. K., Bhatt, U. S., Meyer, F. J., Badola, A., & Hrobak, J. L. (2021). Assessing wildfire burn severity and its relationship with environmental factors: A case study in Interior Alaska boreal forest. Remote Sensing, 13(10), 1966. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13101966
Smith, C. W., Panda, S. K., Bhatt, U. S., Meyer, F. J., & Haan, R. W. (2020). Improved vegetation and wildfire fuel type mapping using NASA AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral data, interior AK. IGARSS 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1307–1310. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9324136
 
York, A., Bhatt, U. S., Gargulinski, E., Grabinski, Z., Jain, P., Soja, A., Thoman, R. L., Ziel, R., Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (U.S.), International Arctic Research Center, United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, & Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (Fort Collins, Colo.). (2020). Arctic Report Card 2020: Wildland fire in high northern latitudes. NOAA Arctic Report Card 2020. https://doi.org/10.25923/2GEF-3964
 
Ziel, R. H., Bieniek, P. A., Bhatt, U. S., Strader, H., Rupp, T. S., & York, A. (2020). A comparison of fire weather indices with MODIS fire days for the natural regions of Alaska. Forests, 11(5), 516. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11050516
Ziel, R., Schmidt, J. I., Calef, M. P., & Varvek, A. (2024). Mapping the Wildfire Threat for Boreal Communities. University of Alaska Anchorage and Fairbanks. https://www.frames.gov/sites/default/files/AFSC/presentations/WildfireExposureTechnicalReport.pdf
Zwieback, S., Young-Robertson, J., Robertson, M., Tian, Y., Chang, Q., Morris, M., White, J., & Moan, J. (2024). Low-severity spruce beetle infestation mapped from high-resolution satellite imagery with a convolutional network. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 212, 412–421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2024.05.013

Bacus SC, Kelley AL (2023) Effects of ocean acidification and ocean warming on the behavior and physiology of a subarctic, intertidal grazer. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 711:31-45. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14308

Beaudreau A.H., Bergstrom C.A., Whitney E.J., Duncan D.H. and N.C. Lundstrom (2022). Seasonal and interannual variation in high‑latitude estuarine fish community structure along a glacial to non‑glacial watershed gradient in Southeast Alaska. Environmental Biology of Fishes. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01241-9

Bellmore, R. J, J.B. Fellman, E. Hood, M.R. Dunkle, and R.T. Edwards (2022) A melting cryosphere constrains fish growth by synchronizing the seasonal phenology of river food webs. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16273

Bidlack, A.L., Bisbing, S.M., Buma, B.J., Diefenderfer, H.L., Fellman, J.B., Floyd, W.C., Giesbrecht, I., Lally, A., Lertzman, K.P., Perakis, S.S., Butman, D.E, D'Amore, D.V., Fleming, S.W., Hood, E.W., Hunt, B.P.V., Kiffney, P.M., McNicol, G., Menounos, B. and S.E. Tank. (2021). Climate-mediated changes to linked terrestrial and marine ecosystems across the Northeast Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest margin. BioScience, biaa171. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa171

Duncan, D.H. and A.H. Beaudreau. (2019). Spatiotemporal variation and size‐selective predation on hatchery‐ and wild‐born juvenile chum salmon at marine entry by nearshore fishes in Southeast Alaska. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 11(5): 372-390. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10091

Edwards, R.T., D'Amore, D.V., Biles, F.E., Fellman, J.B., Hood, E.W., Trubilowicz, J.W., & W.C. Floyd. (2021). Riverine dissolved organic carbon and freshwater export in the eastern Gulf of Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126, e2020JG005725. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005725

Fellman, J.B., Hood, E., Behnke, M.I., Welker, J.M., & R.G.M. Spencer. (2020). Stormflows drive stream carbon concentration, speciation, and dissolved organic matter composition in coastal temperate rainforest watersheds. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125, e2020JG005804. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005804

Fellman, J.B., Hood, E., D’Amore, D.V. et al. (2021). Streamflow variability controls N and P export and speciation from Alaskan coastal temperate rainforest watersheds. Biogeochemistry, 152, 253–270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00752-w

Fellman, J.B., Bellmore, R.J., Johnson, C., Dunkle, M.R. and E. Hood, E. (2022) Glacier runoff influences biogeochemistry and resource availability in coastal temperate rainforest streams: Implications for juvenile salmon growth. Limnology and Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12251

Giesbrecht, I. J. W., S.E. Tank, G.W. Frazer, E. Hood, S.G. Gonzalez Arriola, D.E. Butman, et al. (2022). Watershed classification predicts streamflow regime and organic carbon dynamics in the Northeast Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36: e2021GB007047. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GB007047

Hauri, C., Pagès, R., McDonnell, A.M.P. et al. (2021).  Modulation of ocean acidification by decadal climate variability in the Gulf of Alaska. Commun Earth Environ 2, 191. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00254-z

Hauri, C., Schultz, C., Hedstrom, K., Danielson, S., Irving. B., Doney, S.C., Dussin, R., Curchitser, E.N., Hill, D.F. and Charles A. Stock. (2020). A regional hindcast model simulating ecosystem dynamics, inorganic carbon chemistry and ocean acidification in the Gulf of Alaska. Biogeosciences, 17, 3837-3857. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3837-2020

Holt, A. D., Kellerman, A. M., Li, W., Stubbins, A., Wagner, S., McKenna, A., Fellman, J., Hood, E., and Spencer, R. G. M.  (2021). Assessing the role of photochemistry in driving the composition of dissolved organic matter in glacier runoff. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126, e2021JG006516. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006516

Holt, A.D., Fellman, J., Hood, E. et al. (2021). The evolution of stream dissolved organic matter composition following glacier retreat in coastal watersheds of southeast Alaska. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00815-6

Hood, E., Fellman, J. B., & R.G.M. Spencer. (2020). Glacier loss impacts riverine organic carbon transport to the ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089804. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089804

Hood, E., Fellman, J., Edwards, R.T., D’Amore, D.V., Scott, D. (2019). Salmon-derived nutrient and organic matter fluxes from a coastal catchment in southeast Alaska. Freshwater Biology, 64: 1157-1168. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13292

Jenckes, J., Ibarra, D. E., & Munk, L. A. (2022). Concentration-discharge patterns across the Gulf of Alaska reveal geomorphological and glacierization controls on stream water solute generation and export. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL095152. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095152

Jenckes, J., Munk, L. A., Ibarra, D. E., Boutt, D. F., Fellman, J., & Hood, E. (2023). Hydroclimate drives seasonal riverine export across a gradient of glacierized high-latitude coastal catchments. Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR033305. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033305

Jenson, A., Amundson, J. M., Kingslake, J., and Hood, E. (2022). Long-period variability in ice-dammed glacier outburst floods due to evolving catchment geometry. The Cryosphere, 16(1), 333–347. https://doi:10.5194/tc-16-333-2022

Johnson, M. (2021). Subtidal surface circulation in lower Cook Inlet and Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 41, 101609. https://doi.org/0.1016/j.rsma.2021.101609

Kienholz, C., Pierce, J., Hood, E., Amundson, J.M., Wolken, G.J., Jacobs, A., Hart, S., Wikstrom-Jones, K., Abdel-Fattah, D., Johnson, C, and J.S. Conaway. (2020) Deglacierization of a marginal basin and implications for outburst floods, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska. Frontiers in Earth Science, (8), 137. https://www.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00137

Konar, B., Mitchell, T.J., Iken, K., Coletti, H., Dean, T., Esler, D., Lindeberg, M., Pister, B. and B Weitzman. (2019). Wasting disease and static environmental variables drive sea star assemblages in the Northern Gulf of Alaska. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 520: 151209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2019.151209

LaBarre, A., B. Konar, and K. Iken. 2023. Influence of environmental conditions on Mytilus trossulus size frequency distributions in two glacially influenced estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01175-0

Lundstrom, N.C., Beaudreau, A.H., Mueter, F.J. and B. Konar (2022). Environmental drivers of nearshore fish community composition and size structure in glacially influenced Gulf of Alaska estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-022-01057-x

McCabe, M.K. and Brenda Konar (2021). Influence of environmental attributes on intertidal community structure in glacial estuaries. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2021.104986

McNicol, G., Hood, E., Butman, D. E., Tank, S. E., Giesbrecht, I. J. W., Floyd, W., et al. (2023). Small, coastal temperate rainforest watersheds dominate dissolved organic carbon transport to the northeast Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL103024. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103024 

Miller, C.A. & A.L. Kelley (2021). Alkalinity cycling and carbonate chemistry decoupling in seagrass mystify processes of acidification mitigation. Sci Rep 11, 13500. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92771-2

Myers, H.J., D.W. Olsen, C.O. Matkin, L.A. Horstmann, and B. Konar (2021). Passive acoustic monitoring of killer whales (Orcinus orca) reveals year-round distribution and residency patterns in the Gulf of Alaska. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99668-0

Pitman, K.J, Moore, J.W., Sloat, M.R., Beaudreau, A.H., Bidlack, A.L., Brenner, R.E., Hood, E.W., Pess, G.R., Mantua, N.J., Milner, A.M., Radic, V., Reeves, G.H., Schindler, D.E. and D.C. Whited. (2020). Glacial retreat and Pacific salmon. BioScience, 7(3): 220–236. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa015

Pitman, K.J., J.W. Moore, M. Huss, M.R. Sloat, D. Whited, T. Beechie, E. Hood, D.E. Schindler, A.M. Milner, R. Brenner, G.R. Pess, G.H. Reeves, and V. Radic (2021) Glacier retreat creating new Pacific Salmon habitat in western North America, Nature Communications, 12:6816. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26897-2 

Russo, A. A., Boutt, D. F., Munk, L. A., & Jenckes, J. (2023). Contribution of Fresh Submarine Groundwater Discharge to the Gulf of Alaska. Water Resources Research, 59, e2023WR034912. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034912  

Ulaski, B.P., D.S. Sikes, and B. Konar. 2023. Beach-cast and drifting seaweed wrack is an important resource for marine and terrestrial macroinvertebrates in high latitudes. Marine Environmental Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105970

Ulaski, B.P., Konar, B. and E.O. Otis. (2020). Seaweed reproduction and harvest rebound in Southcentral Alaska: Implications for wild stock management. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00740-1

Ulaski, Brian P., Edward O. Otis, and Brenda Konar (2023) How landscape variables influence the relative abundance, composition, and reproductive viability of macroalgal wrack in a high latitude glacial estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 280 : 108169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108169

Umanzor, S., Sandoval-Gil, J.M. & Conitz, J. Ecophysiological Responses of the Intertidal Seaweed Fucus Distichus to Temperature Changes and Reduced Light Driven by Tides and Glacial Input. Estuaries and Coasts 46, 1269–1279 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01207-9

Weitzman, B. and B. Konar. (2021). Biological correlates of sea urchin recruitment in kelp forest and urchin barren habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 663, 115–125. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13621

Williamson, E.R. & C.J. Sergeant (2021). Independent validation of downscaled climate estimates from a coastal Alaska watershed using local historical weather journals. PeerJ. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12055

Young, J., E. Petit, A. Arendt, E. Hood, G. Liston, and J. Beamer (2021) A changing hydrological regime: Trends in magnitude and timing of glacier ice melt and glacier runoff in a high latitude coastal watershed, Water Resources Research, 57: e2020WR027404. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR027404 

Carsten Conner, L.D. & S. Perin. (2020). Learning from the real vs. the replicated: a comparative study. International Journal of Science Education, 10(3), 266-276. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2020.1831707

Young, J., Carsten-Conner, L.D. and Erin Pettit (2020). ‘You really see it’: environmental identity shifts through interacting with a climate change-impacted glacier landscape. International Journal of Science Education, 42:18, 3049-3070. https://www.doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2020.1851065

Young, J., Pettit, E., Arendt, A., Hood, E., Liston, G. and J. Beamer (2021). A changing hydrological regime: Trends in magnitude and timing of glacier ice melt and glacier runoff in a high-latitude coastal watershed. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR027404

Young, J., Clement, S., & Pettit, E. (2023). Removing Barriers to Science and the Outdoors for Teenage Youth and Early Career Professionals in the US Arctic and Beyond, Sibirica, 22(1), 33-55. Retrieved Apr 17, 2023, from https://doi.org/10.3167/sib.2023.220103

For publications from previous Alaska NSF EPSCoR projects, visit individual research components in our archive.

 

Boreal Fires Curriculumfire

The Fire & Ice Diversity, Education and Workforce Development (DEW) component has developed a set of six fire lessons in collaboration with the BLM Campbell Creek Science Centerand the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District 21st Century Learning Program. The curriculum is designed for 3rd-5th grade learners but content can be adapted for lower or higher grade levels.

The curriculum engages students in observation and science sense-making through fun, interactive activities such as storytelling and gameplay. The lessons explore wildfire as a naturally occurring cycle that can be influenced by human activities.

Individual lessons, as well as an introduction to the curriculum entitled "Wildfire and Change in Alaska," are available below. You can find links to accompanying curriculum videos on our YouTube page.

 

Podcasts

Ice and Fire Podcast

Fire & Ice Data Visualization Seed Grantee and UAF alumna Theresa Soley created a podcast called, "Ice and Fire," exploring climate change impacts in Alaska such as glacial recession through sound and storytelling.

Episodes are available for listening through podcast services, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Podcasts.


Informational Brochures

Fire & Ice Brochure
Fire & Ice Brochure

A brochure for the Fire & Ice project. Email ua-epscor@alaska.edu to arrange a pickup or dropoff of hard copies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Lessons Learned from the McKinley Wildfire
Lessons Learned from the McKinley Wildfire

Fire & Ice collaborated with the Alaska Fire Science Consortium to produce a wildfire safety brochure based on interviews with wildfire agency staff and residents of the area devastated by the 2019 McKinley Fire.

Recorded Events

Alaska EPSCoR produces various events and workshops. Below are recordings of some of the most noteworthy.

There are also recorded presentations from Fire & Ice researchers available from our annual All-Hands Meetings, as well as many engaging videos and other science communication products on our Highlights page.

 

Webinars & Workshops

Augmented Reality Basics Workshop

Augmented Reality Basics Workshop

A 3-part workshop introducing basic steps for creating augmented reality mobile apps using Unity or AR Hero.

 

How to Get Published!

On September 14, 2023, Alaska EPSCoR invited three editors from the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology to discuss the process of publishing research in peer-reviewed journals. Click here for the presentation slides.

Visualizing Science

 

Visualizing Science: Communicating concepts through graphic design

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Also, a follow-up webinar(password: U2f?bxX).

Animated Visualization

 

Animated Visualizations

A three-part Animation Workshop from October 2021 that focused on the free software Blender.

 

The 2022 EPSCoR Natural History Workshop

A Zoom science primer including presentations on climate change by Rick Thoman, glaciers by Eric Klein, the aurora by Omega Smith; salmon by Molly McCarthy-Cunfer; and wildfire by Alison York.

 

The 2021 EPSCoR Natural History Workshop 

A Zoom science primer including presentations on climate change by Rick Thoman, glaciers by Eric Klein, volcanoes by Brandon Browne, bears by Marian Snively, and the aurora borealis by Omega Smith.

 

The McKinley Fire - Rebuilding and Lessons Learned

A video in which area residents and fire crews discuss the 2019 McKinley Fire and what they've gleaned from the experience

The EPSCoR Student Ambassador Program's Employment Opportunities for Grad Students Series

The EPSCoR Student Ambassador program has sponsored four presentations about employment opportunities, aimed at grad students. We have four of them here:

 

Game Jam

Alaska EPSCoR Game Jam

In June 2020 Alaska NSF EPSCoR held its first-ever Game Jam, in which participants from across the world competed to design video games on a Fire & Ice theme. EPSCoR ultimately received 7 entries, of which 5 are currently playable or downloadable online.

 

The first place winner was Extended Care Unit Room 19B, a text-based medical mystery by user "Ambrosio." Second was Climatic, a climate-based strategy game from "Blue Birdy. Third was a side-scrolling data-gathering adventure,  Alaska DataQuest, by "casperquincy," which also won the "Best Use of Theme" award.

 
Science Pubs

The Wildfire and Wine Science Pub and the Glaciers to Wine Science Pub were informal presentations that discussed the respective impacts of wildfires and glaciers on the wine industry.