Links Related to The Whale
and the Supercomputer
By Charles Wohlforth
(e-mail me to suggest a link
to add)
- People and Organizations in the Book
- Alaska Native Knowledge Network
database of Alaska Native observations (chapter 7 and 9)
April Cheuvront's TEA Journal
- lessons created on the Arctic transect (chapter 3)
Aqua Project Science
NASA satellite project that Jim Maslanik worked on (chapter 4)
Barrow Arctic Science
Consortium (BASC)
Glenn Sheehan's organization (chapters 2 and 4)
Geophysical
Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
home of many researchers mentioned (chapters 3, 4, 7)
- Human Dimensions of
the Arctic Initiative
- program managed by Henry Huntingon (chapter 7)
International Arctic Research
Center - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Syun Akasofu's institute (chapter 6)
- Natl Academies North Slope Oil Report
report on cumulative impacts of oil development (chapter 8)
North Slope Borough
includes Wildlife and Search & Rescue (chapters 1 and 5)
North Slope Borough School
District
Princeton: Carbon
Mitigation Initiative
(chapter 10)
Toolik Field Station
Arctic biology research (chapter 8)
- University
of Colorado: Human Impacts of Arctic Climate Variability
- project by Ron Brunner, Amanda Lynch, Anne Jensen, others
(chapter 10)
University of
Tennessee Scientific Studies of the Arctic
Jackie Grebmeier and her colleagues (chapter 4)
- U.S. DOE: Atmospheric
Radiation Measurement
Bernie Zak's project (chapter 6)
Woods Hole MBL:
Ecosystems Center
Ecology research at Toolik Lake (chapter 8)
Resources to Learn More
- Alaska Native Culture
and Language
Excellent general resource from UAA-ISER
- EPA Global Warming Site
- NOAA Arctic Theme
Page
- NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
Science, Data and Links
- Arctic Research Commission
- Arctic Research
Consortium of the U. S. (ARCUS)
Many, many links to Arctic research sites
Global Cycles of Biologically Active
Elements
- Institute of Arctic
and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Heinz
Center: The State of the Nation's Ecosystems
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
(NCAR)
-
- National Climatic
Data Center (NCDC)
Paleoenvironmental Arctic Climate Sciences
Program (PARCS)
- Rocky Mountain Institute: Air Travel Carbon
Emissions
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- University of Washington Polar Science
Center
Western U.S.
Climate Historical Summaries
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