Greening of the Arctic: An IPY Initiative

Press information

Arctic land is greening, says scientist, Program #5733 of the Earth & Sky Radio Series. Aired 05-March-2009. Listen to the MP3.
Changes in Tundra Greenness Linked to Sea-ice Retreat and Warmer Land Temperatures (February 17, 2009; PDF)
The Greening of the Arctic IPY Project: Changes in Arctic vegetation observed from space are linked to retreating sea-ice and warmer land temperatures (Dec. 10, 2008; PDF)
UAF researchers to present at AGU press briefing, UAF Newsroom
Greening of the Arctic, UAF Feature Story

Photos and Images

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- Skip Walker at Mould Bay, Prince Patrick Island, NWT, Canada;
  Martha Raynolds, photographer. 2005. (72 dpi, 768 px wide, .jpg file)

Additional images from the Yamal Peninsula, Russia:

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	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; GOA group at Laborvaya. From left: Elina Kärlejaarvi, Nataliya Moskalenko, Howard Epstein, Marina Leibman, Patrick Kuss, Anatoly Gubarkov, Artem Khomutov, Gosha Matyshak, and Skip Walker. Photographer: Skip Walker Note that this image has been altered to improve visual quality.
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; palsa at Nadym. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; describing soil at Nadym. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Gosha Matyshak measuring soil electrical conductivity at Nadym. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Nenets camp near Vaskiny Dachi. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Patrick Kuss and Howard Epstein measuring NDVI at Nadym. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Nenets camp near Vaskiny Dachi. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Nataliya Moskolenko and Elina Kärlejaarvi, survey plant cover at Nadym forest site. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Nenets children near Vaskiny Dachi. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Skip Walker at Vaskiny Dachi. Photographer: Patrick Kuss
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Gosha Matyshak digging a soil pit at Vaskiny Dachi. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Howard Epstein measuring NDVI at Vaskiny Dachi. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; measuring the active layer depth at Laboravaya. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Skip Walker with organic layer at Nadym, site 2. Photographer: Elina Kärlejaarvi
	JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Skip Walker (l) and Patrick Kuss (rt) at Vaskiny Dachi camp. Photographer: Howard Epstein
	no JPG - TIF	2007 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Skip Walker Photographer: Howard Epstein
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; unloading the helicopter at Vaskiny Dachi. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Elina Kärlejaarvi and Artem Khomutov, at Kharasavey. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Kharasavey gas field. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; abandoned derrick at Kharasavey. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; New Salekhard. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Market at Salekhard. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; vendors along the Moscow-Labytnangi Railroad, the village of Kotlas Yushenii. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; vendors along the Moscow-Labytnangi Railroad, the village of Kotlas Yushenii. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Jozsef Geml, train to Labytnangi. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Russian house along the Moscow-Labytnangi Railroad. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; transport to village of Labytnangi, after the train ride from Moscow. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; inside the M-18 helicopter, enroute to Kharasavey. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; tundra between Vaskiny Dachi and Seyakha. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Anatoly Gubarkov. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; village of Seyakha. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; M-18 helicopter during a fuel stop at Seyakha. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Yamal landscape between Kharasaveya and Maare Sale. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; setting things outafter the helicopter flight, at Kharasavey. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; gas field hotel at Kharasavey. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; getting ready for transportation to the field at Kharasavey. Photographer: Skip Walker
	JPG - TIF	2008 Expedition to the Yamal Peninsula, Russia; Pavel Orekhov talking to a Nenets herder. Photographer: Skip Walker