The Bering and Chukchi Seas, Alaska and Chukotka show amplified responses to climate change.

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The Bering and Chukchi Seas, Alaska and Chukotka show amplified responses to climate change. The United States and the Russian Federation are working together to monitor the change in flux into and out of the Arctic through the Bering Strait-the Pacific Gateway to the Arctic. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Bering and Chukchi Seas, Alaska and Chukotka show

amplified responses to climate change.

The United States and the Russian Federation are working together to monitor the change in flux into and out of the Arctic through the Bering Strait-the Pacific Gateway to the Arctic.

This new collaboration is called the:

Russian-American Long-termCensus of the Arctic:RUSALCA:

Pacific Gateway

GOAL 1 (Sea Ice Thinning Observations)

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Flow From theFlow From theArctic to the NorthArctic to the North

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GOAL 2: FreshWater Fluxes-pathways

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GOAL 3Monitor Ecosystem Changes -Arctic Census ofMarine Life

ECOSYSTEM INDICATORS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Actual RUSALCA Stations, 2004

GOAL 1: Investigate Processes in the Region of Greatest Melt Duration Change

RUSALCA REGION OF INTEREST

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NOAA Pacific ArcticGateway exploration

Arctic Research OfficeExpeditions

2007-2007-20082008

IBCAO Map

IPY07/08 International Pan-Arctic study regions

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