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Arctic Report Card: Update for 2021
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Sea Ice

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Sea Surface Temperature

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Giesbrecht, K. E., D. E. Varela, J. Wiktor, J. M. Grebmeier, B. Kelly, and J. E. Long, 2019: A decade of summertime measurements of phytoplankton biomass, productivity and assemblage composition in the Pacific Arctic Region from 2006 to 2016. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. II, 162, 93-113, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.06.010.

Goldsmit, J., and Coauthors, 2021: Kelp in the eastern Canadian Arctic: Current and future predictions of habitat suitability and cover. Front. Mar. Sci., 18, 742209, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.742209.

Henley, S. F., M. Porter, L. Hobbs, J. Braun, R. Guillaume-Castel, E. J. Venables, E. Dumont, and F. Cottier, 2020: Nitrate supply and uptake in the Atlantic Arctic sea ice zone: seasonal cycle, mechanisms and drivers. Philos. T. Roy. Soc. A, 378(2181), 20190361, http://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0361.

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Hölemann, J. A., B. Juhls, D. Bauch, M. Janout, B. P. Koch, and B. Heim, 2021: The impact of the freeze-melt cycle of land-fast ice on the distribution of dissolved organic matter in the Laptev and East Siberian Seas (Siberian Arctic). Biogeosciences, 18, 3637-3655, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3637-2021.

Hopwood, M. J., and Coauthors, 2020: Review article: How does glacier discharge affect marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic? Cryosphere, 14, 1347-1383, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1347-2020.

Kim, H. -J., and Coauthors, 2021: Temporal and spatial variations in particle fluxes on the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea slopes from 2017 to 2018. Front. Mar. Sci., 7, 609748, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.609748.

Lalande, C., J. M. Grebmeier, R. R. Hopcroft, and S. L. Danielson, 2020: Annual cycle of export fluxes of biogenic matter near Hanna Shoal in the northeast Chukchi Sea. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. II, 177, 104730, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104730.

Lalande, C., J. M. Grebmeier, A. M. P. McDonnell, R. R. Hopcroft, S. O’Daly, and S. L. Danielson, 2021: Impact of a warm anomaly in the Pacific Arctic region derived from time-series export fluxes. PLoS ONE, 16(8), e0255837, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255837.

Lalande, C., E. -M. Nöthig, and L. Fortier, 2019: Algal export in the Arctic Ocean in times of global warming. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 5959-5967, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl083167.

Lewis, K. M., B. G. Mitchell, G. L. van Dijken, and K. R. Arrigo, 2016: Regional chlorophyll a algorithms in the Arctic Ocean and their effect on satellite-derived primary production estimates. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. II, 130, 14-27, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.04.020.

Lewis, K. M., G. L. van Dijken, and K. R. Arrigo, 2020: Changes in phytoplankton concentration now drive increased Arctic Ocean primary production. Science, 369, 198-202, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay8380.

Logvinova, C. L., K. E. Frey, and L. W. Cooper, 2016: The potential role of sea ice melt in the distribution of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. II, 130, 28-42, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.04.017.

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Tundra Greenness

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Jones, B. M., K. D. Tape, J. A. Clark, I. Nitze, G. Grosse, and J. Disbrow, 2020: Increase in beaver dams controls surface water and thermokarst dynamics in an Arctic tundra region, Baldwin Peninsula, northwestern Alaska. Environ. Res. Lett., 15, 075005, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab80f1.

Karlsen, S. R., L. Stendardi, H. Tømmervik, L. Nilsen, I. Arntzen, and E. J. Cooper, 2021: Time-series of cloud-free Sentinel-2 NDVI data used in mapping the onset of growth of central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Remote Sens., 13, 3031, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13153031.

Kropp, H., and Coauthors, 2021: Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems. Environ. Res. Lett., 16, 015001, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abc994.

Magnússon, R. Í., J. Limpens, D. Kleijn, K. Huissteden, T. C. Maximov, S. Lobry, and M. M. P. D. Heijmans, 2021: Shrub decline and expansion of wetland vegetation revealed by very high resolution land cover change detection in the Siberian lowland tundra. Sci. Total Environ., 782, 146877, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146877.

Mekonnen, Z. A., and Coauthors, 2021: Arctic tundra shrubification: a review of mechanisms and impacts on ecosystem carbon balance. Environ. Res. Lett., 16, 053001, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abf28b.

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Beaver Engineering: Tracking a New Disturbance in the Arctic

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Ocean Acidification

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Beaupré-Laperrière, A., A. Mucci, and H. Thomas, 2020: The recent state and variability of the carbonate system of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and adjacent basins in the context of ocean acidification. Biogeosciences, 17, 3923-3942, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3923-2020.

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River Discharge

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Peterson, B. J., R. M. Holmes, J. W. McClelland, C. J. Vörösmarty, R. B. Lammers, A. I. Shiklomanov, I. G. Shiklomanov, and S. Rahmstorf, 2002: Increasing river discharge to the Arctic Ocean. Science, 298(5601), 2171-2173, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1077445.

Shiklomanov, A. I., T. I. Yakovleva, R. B. Lammers, I. Ph. Karasev, C. J. Vörösmarty, and E. Linder, 2006: Cold region river discharge uncertainty-estimates from large Russian rivers. J. Hydrol., 326(1-4), 231-256, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.10.037.

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2020 Foreign Marine Debris Event—Bering Strait

Bodenstein, B., K. Beckmen, G. Sheffield, K. Kuletz, C. Van Hemert, B. Berlowski, and V. Shearn-Boschler, 2015: Avian cholera causes marine bird mortality in the Bering Sea of Alaska. J. Wildl. Dis., 51(4), 934-937, https://doi.org/10.7589/2014-12-273.

Eisner, L. B., Y. I. Zuenko, E. O. Basyuk, L. L. Britt, J. T. Duffy-Anderson, S. Kotwicki, C. Ladd, and W. Cheng, 2020: Environmental impacts on walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) distribution across the Bering Sea shelf. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. II, 181-182, 104881, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104881.

Humpert, M., 2021: “Winter transits along the Northern Sea Route open up a new frontier in Arctic shipping”. Arctic Today, 25 Jan. 2021, https://www.arctictoday.com/winter-transits-along-the-northern-sea-route-open-up-a-new-frontier-in-arctic-shipping/.

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Kylin, H., 2020: Marine debris on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East. Polar Res., 39, https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v39.3381.

Mua, J., S. Zhang, L. Qu, F. Jin, C. Fang, X. Ma, W. Zhang, and J. Wang, 2019: Microplastics abundance and characteristics in surface waters from the Northwest Pacific, the Bering Sea, and the Chukchi Sea. Mar. Pollut. Bull., 143, 58-65, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.04.023.

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Smith, R. B., 2021: “Russian tanker passes through Bering Strait in the midst of winter”. The Nome Nugget, 15 Jan. 2021, http://www.nomenugget.com/news/russian-tanker-passes-through-bering-strait-midst-winter.

Spies, I., K. M. Gruenthal, D. P. Drinan, A. B. Hollowed, D. E. Stevenson, C. M. Tarpey, and L. Hauser, 2020: Genetic evidence of a northward range expansion in the eastern Bering Sea stock of Pacific cod. Evol. Appl., 13(2), 362-375, https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12874.

Stevenson, D. E., and R. R. Lauth, 2019: Bottom trawl surveys in the northern Bering Sea indicate recent shifts in the distribution of marine species. Polar Biol., 42, 407-421, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2431-1.

Stimmelmayr, R., G. M. Ylitalo, G. Sheffield, K. B. Beckmen, K. A. Burek-Huntington, V. Metcalf, and T. Rowles, 2018: Oil fouling in three subsistence-harvested ringed (Phoca hispida) and spotted (Phoca largha) seals from the Bering Strait region, Alaska: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon bile and tissue levels and pathological findings. Mar. Pollut. Bull., 130, 2018, 311-323, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.02.040.

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Glacier and Permafrost Hazards

Arp, C. D., B. M. Jones, K. M. Hinkel, D. L. Kane, M. S. Whitman, and R. Kemnitz, 2020: Recurring outburst floods from drained lakes: An emerging Arctic hazard. Front. Ecol. Environ., 18(7), 384-390, https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2175.

Bellwald, B., B. O. Hjelstuen, H. P. Sejrup, and H. Haflidason, 2016: Postglacial mass movements and depositional environments in a high-latitude fjord system—Hardangerfjorden, Western Norway. Mar. Geol., 379, 157-175, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.06.002.

Berkman, P. A, G. Fiske, and D. Lorenzini, 2020: Baseline of next-generation Arctic marine shipping assessments – Oldest continuous pan-Arctic satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) data record of maritime ship traffic, 2009-2016. Arctic Data Center, https://doi.org/10.18739/A2TD9N89Z.

Bessette-Kirton, E. K., and J. A. Coe, 2020: A 36-year record of rock avalanches in the St. Elias Mountains of southeast Alaska, with implications for future hazards. Front. Earth Sci., 8, 293, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00293.

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Dahl-Jensen, T., and Coauthors, 2004: Landslide and tsunami 21 November 2000 in Paatuut, West Greenland. Nat. Hazards, 31, 277-287, https://doi.org/10.1023/B:NHAZ.0000020264.70048.95.

Dai, C., and Coauthors, 2020: Detection and assessment of a large and potentially tsunamigenic periglacial landslide in Barry Arm, Alaska. Geophys. Res. Lett., 47(22), e2020GL089800, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089800.

Dobbin, P., 2016: DEC looks into whether drums in village’s drinking water lake pose any hazards. Alaska’s News Source (9 Aug 2016), https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/content/news/Officials-try-to-determine-if-Point-Lays-drinking-water-is-safe-or-contaminated-389669191.html, Accessed 13 Sep 2021.

Farquharson, L. M., V. E. Romanovsky, W. L. Cable, D. A. Walker, S. V. Kokelj, and D. Nicolsky, 2019: Climate change drives widespread and rapid thermokarst development in very cold permafrost in the Canadian High Arctic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46(12), 6681-6689, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082187.

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Hilger, P., R. L. Hermanns, J. Czekirda, K. S. Myhra, J. S. Gosse, and B. Etzelmüller, 2021: Permafrost as a first order control on long-term rock-slope deformation in (Sub-) Arctic Norway. Quat. Sci. Rev., 251, 106718, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106718.

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Jacquemart, M., M. Loso, M. Leopold, E. Welty, E. Berthier, J. S. Hansen, J. Sykes, and K. Tiampo, 2020: What drives large-scale glacier detachments? Insights from Flat Creek glacier, St. Elias Mountains, Alaska. Geology, 48(7), 703-707, https://doi.org/10.1130/G47211.1.

Kienholz, C., and Coauthors, 2020: Deglacierization of a marginal basin and implications for outburst floods, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska. Front. Earth Sci., 8, 137, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00137.

Kokelj, S. V., J. Tunnicliffe, D. Lacelle, T. C. Lantz, K. S. Chin, and R. Fraser, 2015: Increased precipitation drives mega slump development and destabilization of ice-rich permafrost terrain, northwestern Canada. Global Planet Change, 129, 56-68, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.02.008.

Leibman, M. O., A. V. Khomutov, A. A. Gubarkov, Y. A. Dvornikov, and D. R. Mullanurov, 2015: The research station “Vaskiny Dachi”, central Yamal, West Siberia, Russia—A review of 25 years of permafrost studies. Fennia, 193(1), 3-30, https://doi.org/10.11143/45201.

Lewkowicz, A. G., and R. G. Way, 2019: Extremes of summer climate trigger thousands of thermokarst landslides in a High Arctic environment. Nat. Commun., 10, 1329, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09314-7.

Liljedahl, A. K., and Coauthors, 2016: Pan-Arctic ice-wedge degradation in warming permafrost and its influence on tundra hydrology. Nat. Geosci., 9, 312-318, https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2674.

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Nitze, I., S. W. Cooley, C. R. Duguay, B. M. Jones, and G. Grosse, 2020: The catastrophic thermokarst lake drainage events of 2018 in northwestern Alaska: Fast-forward into the future. Cryosphere, 14, 4279-4297, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4279-2020.

Rajendran, S., F. N. Sadooni, H. A. -S. Al-Kuwari, A. Oleg, H. Govil, S. Nasir, and P. Vethamony, 2021: Monitoring oil spill in Norilsk, Russia using satellite data. Sci. Rep., 11, 3817, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83260-7.

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Sæmundsson, Þ., C. Morino, J. K. Helgason, S. J. Conway, and H. G. Pétursson, 2018: The triggering factors of the Móafellshyrna debris slide in northern Iceland: Intense precipitation, earthquake activity and thawing of mountain permafrost. Sci. Total. Environ., 621, 1163-1175, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.111.

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The Changing Arctic Marine Soundscape

Ahonen, H., K. M. Stafford, C. Lydersen, C. L. Berchok, S. E. Moore, and K. M. Kovacs, 2021: Interannual variability in acoustic detection of blue and fin whale calls in the Northeast Atlantic High Arctic between 2008 and 2018. Endanger. Species Res., 45, 209-224, https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01132.

Ahonen, H., K. M. Stafford, C. Lydersen, L. de Steur, and K. M. Kovacs, 2019: A multi-year study of narwhal occurrence in the western Fram Strait—detected via passive acoustic monitoring. Polar Res., 38, 181, https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3468.

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Han, D. -G., and Coauthors, 2021: Effects of geophony and anthrophony on the underwater acoustic environment in the East Siberian Sea, Arctic Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL093097, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093097.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Sovereignty for Alaska Natives in 2020

Anderson, T., 2020: Wheels up: Ravn will return to the skies under new ownership. Alaska Business, https://www.akbizmag.com/monitor/wheels-up-ravn-will-return-to-the-skies-under-new-ownership/ (27 August 2020).

Douglas, J., 2020: The Alaska Native village of Kake defends their right to hunt. High Country News, https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-justice-the-alaska-native-village-of-kake-defends-their-right-to-hunt (12 October 2020).

Estus, J., 2020: Emergency hunts in Alaska can continue. Indian Country Today, https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/emergency-hunts-in-alaska-can-continue (27 November 2020).

Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska, 2015: Alaskan Inuit Food Security Conceptual Framework: How to Assess the Arctic From an Inuit Perspective: Summary and Recommendations Report. Anchorage, AK. https://iccalaska.org/wp-icc/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Food-Security-Summary-and-Recommendations-Report.pdf.

Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska, 2019: Alaskan Inuit Food Sovereignty Summit Report. Anchorage, Alaska, https://iccalaska.org/wp-icc/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FINAL-Alaskan-Inuit-Food-Sovereignty-Summit-Report-3.pdf.

Jäger, M. B., and Coauthors, 2019: Building an Indigenous foods knowledges network through relational accountability. J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev., 9(B), 45-51, https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2019.09B.005.

Jenkins, E., 2020: Amid food supply chain concerns, tribal governments request emergency hunts. KTOO Public Media, https://www.ktoo.org/2020/04/14/amid-food-supply-chain-concerns-tribal-governments-request-emergency-hunts/ (14 April 2020).

Resneck, J., 2020: Native rights group backs Kake in lawsuit over emergency subsistence hunt. Alaska Public Radio, https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/09/04/native-rights-group-backs-kake-in-lawsuit-over-emergency-subsistence-hunt/ (4 September 2020).

Slontik, D. E., E. Medina, and M. Baker, 2021: Hospitals in Alaska struggle to handle a worsening outbreak. The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/us/covid-alaska-hospital.html (22 September 2021).

Sullivan, M., 2020: Alaska airline shutdown: ‘How are we gonna get our food, our mail, our medical needs?’ Indian Country Today, https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/alaska-airline-shutdown-how-are-we-gonna-get-our-food-our-mail-our-medical-needs (30 May 2020).

Sullivan, M., 2021: ‘We don’t exist out here’ without subsistence. Indian Country Today, https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/we-dont-exist-out-here-without-subsistence (19 October 2021).

Thornberg, R., and K. Charmaz, 2014: The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis, U. Flick, Ed., SAGE Publications, 153-169.

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