Скачать или смотреть 2022 Post-Field Season Meeting

The IARPC Field Operations, Marine Ecosystem, Sea Ice, and Observing Communities of Practice hosted the Post-Field Season Meeting for 2022. This virtual meeting, attended by ~50 Arctic researchers, local community leaders, academics, and program managers, featured discussions with Principal Investigators who led expeditions in 2022 about their early results, challenges they faced in the field, and their outreach efforts before, during, and after the expedition, particularly to coastal communities.

Some highlights:

Unique observations and significant early findings: More leads and thinner ice were observed. The emergence of harmful algal blooms and late autumn blooms. Warming bottom water at the Central Arctic Ocean and some other sites. Saw slight reduction in freshwater content for last two years. Sustained increases in heat content. Significant decline in small copepod species, a decline in juvenile chum, and a poor abundance of juvenile chinook.

The extremely windy year and challenges brought by typhoon Merbok hampered some of the activities. There were still some Covid-related challenges, but not as severe as in previous years. Other challenges include mechanical failure (e.g., Dyson) that led to the loss of science days, a few moorings, and important data. When asked what would be helpful, PIs shared that they need support getting imagery of the latest sea ice maps and other products from RADARSAT-2 (support from NIC). Sentinel is a good source, but there are gaps/missing data on some days. Activities shared on how they overcame the challenges highlighted the cooperation among the Arctic-going community.

Community outreach activities range from regional (AEWC, Strait Science Talks, etc.) to international presentations (PAG), media outreach (radio, Nome nugget), science communication outreach (live broadcast from the ship, blogging), and educational outreach (PolarTREC, high school presentations, Float your Boat project). Everyone was encouraged to keep writing and keep communicating, and that communication at the regional/hub level is very important.

Want to join future IARPC Collaborations meetings or webinars? Request an account on our member space where U.S. federal government program managers, scientists, and community members from state, academic, Indigenous, nonprofit, and private sector organizations team up to solve hard problems to carry out the research laid out in the Arctic Research Plan. Visit » https://www.iarpccollaborations.org