Research
We combine geomorphology, geochemistry, geobiology and public policy to investigate bank erosion, water quality, the carbon cycle and community resilience in the Yukon Watershed.
Bank monitoring station
Eroding bank near Huslia
Eroding bank near Huslia
Measuring river erosion from space
River erosion is removing permafrost
Bank erosion model
River and floodplain groundwater are the water source for people and ecosystems
Collecting water and suspended sediment samples
Thawing permafrost may contain mercury (Hg)
Measuring river discharge
Analyzing samples for pollutants
Using DNA sequencing to identify microbial communities
River flood plains have large amounts of carbon that could impact greenhouse gases
Coring permafrost to measure carbon contents
Sampling riverbanks
Measuring soil methane fluxes
Measuring carbon ages in the lab
Yukon River salmon collapse.
Credit: Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News
Traditional livelihoods at risk
Beaver School, youth futures
Alaska institutional complexity
Village relocation policy option
Alakanuk Erosion – Community vulnerability from climate change