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Connecting science, people and policy for Arctic justice and global climate. A project led by Woodwell Climate Research Center. https://permafrost.woodwellclimate.org/

Cover slide of panel session on blue and green background.
Black, blue, gray and yellow stereographic map depicts permafrost extent and the boreal forest ecoregion in the circumpolar north. Text: Data: Gruber, S, 2012. Ecoregions 2017 Resolve
"Wildfire in the Arctic" digital magazine pages 4 and 5 display a photo of a cultural burn in Fort Yukon, Alaska. The title of the article is Cultural Burning: The important role of traditional practices in the modern Arctic. Photo and essay by Edward Alexander, who developed the new issue of the magazine.
Two researchers smile standing before poster titled "The NASA Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment." The poster includes several maps, including sink-source data from Virkkala et al, 2025.
In classroom, presenter in blazer and lanyard gestures at projector screen, which shows a bar graph titled "Permafrost emissions decrease our carbon budget."
In a classroom, a researcher wearing black speaks into microphone as attendees listen and respond.
People sit in semi-circle listening to a speaker wearing red at the Indigenous Pavilion on the campus of CU Boulder, which sits on the traditional territories of the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and Ute Native American nations. The Flatiron mountains stand in the background.
Scientist in gray and black and lanyard stands next to their poster titled ‘Spatiotemporal variability of carbon fluxes and responses to climatic factors at a tussock tundra site near Council, Alaska’
1.1. Emerging Arctic ecosystems and their potential for carbon sequestration 26 March 2025 | 13:30 - 15:30 (MDT) ICARP IV Open Session - HYBRID Room: UMC Third Floor - 382 Organisers: Claudia Elena Schmidt (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon); Helmuth Thomas (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon); Sarina Niedzwiedz (University of Bremen)
Standing Room only in conference room. Projector reads ‘Key Findings from the AMAP Arctic Climate Change Update 2024’
Black, white, orange and blue stereographic map of the Arctic showing average terrestrial CO2 balance from 2001-2020 based on a synthesis of field measurements and machine learning models and including wildfire emissions. Legend reads: Terrestrial CO2 balance Source --- Sink (gC/m2/y) Data sources: Virkkala et al. 2025 van Wees et al. 2022
Black white red and blue animated map of terrestrial CO2 fluxes in the Arctic-boreal zone by month, 2001-2020. by Greg Fiske / Woodwell Climate Research Center
Map of areas that experienced ecosystem climate stress in the Arctic-boreal region between 1997-2020 as detected by multiple variables including satellite data and long-term temperature records. Watts et al., 2025, Geophysical Research Letters
NOAA Arctic Report card logo on white background with three globe maps at the bottom and virtual briefing information in the middle "Wednesday, January 15, 4pm ET / 1 PM PT."
On black background, white, red, and blue map of circumpolar region depicts average carbon fluxes in the Arctic on scale of source to sink. White text reads "Pan-Arctic carbon sources and sinks" Map by Greg Fiske / Woodwell Climate Research Center
Blue and black diamond shaped graphic overlaid with white text: 2024 Arctic maps wrapped. Capturing a year of Arctic beauty and change. permafrost.woodwellclimate.org
Researcher stands before a science poster on gray poster board and smiles. She wears black and a floral vest with yellow boots. The poster is titled: "ABCFluxv2: A synthesis of Arctic-boreal carbon fluxes for improved carbon budget estimates" and contains a large circumpolar map of flux sites included in the database.
Photo of researcher Elchin Jafarov wearing gray t-shirt, lanyard, and glasses gives the thumbs up sign in front of a science poster containing graphs and maps that is titled: "Permafrost Pathways: Advancements in Calibrating High-Latitude Ecosystem Models: Integrating Vegetation and Soil Heterogeneity to Improve Carbon Cycle Predictions in Permafrost Regions"
Blue graphic of snowy landscape with white text that reads: "We're hiring Arctic Adaptation Manager. Woodwell Arctic Permafrost Pathways
Photo of flux monitoring (Eddy covariance) tower on tussock tundra with low cloud ceiling near Council, AK. A brown plank boardwalk leads to the tower in the middle distance.
In foreground, flux monitoring (eddy covariance) tower and in background, a solar panel in the fog. The tower was installed in 2024 in the polar desert near Qausuittuq (Resolute Bay), Nunavut
Close up of researcher in pink rain jacket and gray toque wiring an array of thermocouples at flux monitoring (eddy covariance) tower in Alaska
Researcher Christina Minions wearing black and a pattern face mask stands beside poster and gestures with hands. The poster is labeled: “The Role of Landcover on CO2 and CH4 Emissions on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska"
Researcher wearing black stands beside poster and gestures with hands. Poster labeled: “The Role of Landcover on CO2 and CH4 Emissions on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska"
Two researchers, Valeria Briones and Elchin Jafarov, stand on either side of a poster on gray poster board. The poster reads: “Permafrost Pathways: Reducing Model Uncertainty of Arctic Carbon Dynamics Through Multi-Site Parameterization" and includes graphs and smaller text
Scientist Chu-Chun Chang standing before a poster board and poster with graphic titled: Advanced Arctic Terrestrial Data Assimilation: Integrating DVM-DOS-TEM with NCAR DART for Enhanced Ecological Modeling
Graphical figure that reads "burned area and carbon emissions in the permafrost region" overlaid on a gif of boreal fire
Photo of tree on permafrost at edge of cliff overlaid with text "Permafrost Pathways researchers at Woodwell Climate led the Arctic Terrestrial Carbon Cycling chapter of NOAA's 2024 Arctic Report Card. Tundra is now a net carbon source to the atmosphere"
Nine researchers wearing lanyards, backpacks, and holding cups of coffee smile at camera during downtime at Washington DC convention center during AGU meeting
Image of permafrost researcher Christina Schädel wearing maroon shirt on a projector before audience members. Christina, a co-PI of the Permafrost Carbon Network for more than a decade, was interviewed as part of a documentary on the international researcher network.
five panelists sit on stage, the one in the center holding a microphone, and a moderator stands behind a lectern. These early career scientists are leading synthesis efforts to better understand permafrost carbon and Arctic change
Presenter in black blazer before three audience members looks at TV screen which shows a permafrost thaw wetland and reads "How Do We Actually Detect & Avoid a CH4 time bomb?" The background behind screen reads "Cryosphere Pavilion"
Four people work on a green-brown tundra to install solar panels and a small wind turbine to help power a flux monitoring tower. Various equipment and storage cases are arrayed around them.
A white and silver eddy co-variance tower with weather station stands at the end of a brown boardwalk in the tussock tundra under low-ceiling clouds near Council, Alaska
Two panelists sit before a white backdrop that reads "Climate Change and Cryosphere" as audience members look on at COP29.