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Type: Presentation
Presenter(s):
Contributor(s):
  • Randi R. Jandt
    University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Carson A. Baughman
    US Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
  • Benjamin M. Jones
    US Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Publisher(s):
  • Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Publication Date: January 10, 2018

Eric Miller, BLM Alaska Fire Service Fire Ecologist, describes the 2017 re-survey of the 2007 mega-fire on the North Slope of Alaska. He shows surprising findings with regard to subterranean ice feature degradation, vegetation changes and recovery, shrubbification, and surface topology changes. More importantly, he highlights brand-new data which shows how these changes may last hundreds of years, or maybe threshold changes, in Alaska's warming arctic tundra.

Recording Length: 0:37:27
Online Link(s):
Link to this recording (streaming; vimeo)

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Regions:
Keywords:
  • 2007 Anaktuvuk River Fire
  • fire regime change
  • fire severity
  • permafrost
  • shrubs
  • soil change
  • soil temperature
  • tundra fire
  • tussocks
  • vegetation changes
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Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 25827