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Toolik Lake: Pollutants - Research Project |
Laurie Carr Studies Tundra Biodiversity in Alaska
5 June - 24 June 2004
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Laurie Carr and Michelle Mack will be working in the field and the lab at Toolik Lake Field
Station to investigate how plant diversity will affect the response of
tundra
ecosystems to global change. This project will involve working with experimental plots to
focus on dwarf birch (Betula nana), an important species that influences how Arctic tundra
responds to warmer temperatures.
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The Toolik Field Station (TFS) is located over 250 km above the Arctic Circle, and is
administered by the Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
(UAF). The mission of TFS is to "support research and education that creates a greater
understanding of the Arctic and its relationship to the global environment." Go to the
Toolik Field Station homepage for
more information, including maps and photos.
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Meet the Teacher:
Laurie Carr teaches earth science in at White
Mountains Regional High School in New Hampshire. In addition to TREC, Laurie has
participated in several research summer programs, including projects with the Institute
for Global Environmental Strategies
and Access Earth. Laurie
hopes that her TREC experience will challenge her physically, intellectually, and socially,
as well as translate into tangible rewards for her students during the next school year.
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Meet the Researcher:
Michelle
Mack is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at the University of
Florida. Michelle is originally from Seattle, WA, so despite her current home in
Florida, she is pre-adapted to the cold and wet weather that is often experienced
during arctic summers. Michelle has been working on projects in arctic Alaska and
Russia for the past three summers to understand the effects of climate change on
arctic ecosystems. Through her TREC experience, Michelle hopes to learn more about
how to communicate her research to a non-scientific audience.
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