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Proceedings of a Workshop on Facilitating U.S. - Russian Environmental Change Research in the Russian Arctic11-16 June 2005, st. Thomas, U.S. Virgin I Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)IslandsSponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)University of Tennessee, Knoxville 10515 Research Drive, Suite 100 Knoxville TN 37932, U.S.A. + 1.865.974.8621 http://arctic.bio.utk.edu/RAISE/index.htmlLee w. Cooper Project Offi Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)ce DirectorSupport for the RAISE Management Office and this workshop was provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation (OPP-0228646), but opinionsSponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)
expressed herein are solely those of the workshop participants and do not reflect the position of the National Science Foundation or any other U.S. orProceedings of a Workshop on Facilitating U.S. - Russian Environmental Change Research in the Russian Arctic11-16 June 2005, st. Thomas, U.S. Virgin I Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)nge Research in the Russian Arctic.71pp. Published by: Marine Ecology and Biogeochemistry Group. University of Tennessee. 10515 Research Dr, Suite 100, Knoxville TN 37932, U.S.A.Ruutan-Amorlcan Inltuthre for $h«lf-LMtd Envltonmont*A Framework for Supporting BinationalEnvironmental Change Research in Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE) the Rutsian Arctic http://arSponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)
search in the Russian Arctic was held on the island of St. Thomas. U.S. Virgin Islands. 11-16 June 2005. One goal was to document successful models, mProceedings of a Workshop on Facilitating U.S. - Russian Environmental Change Research in the Russian Arctic11-16 June 2005, st. Thomas, U.S. Virgin I Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)viding evidence of widespread, systemic environmental change in the Arctic that are likely the result of global climate warming. Specific challenges and hindrances that tend to preclude comprehensive joint studies of the Arctic System by U.S. and Russian scientists working together were also identif Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)ied. Finally, recommendations were made to improve the capability of scientists to address critical research questions on environmental change in theSponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)
Arctic that cannot be addressed without a more concerted effort over a broader geographical area. This workshop report represents the overall findingsProceedings of a Workshop on Facilitating U.S. - Russian Environmental Change Research in the Russian Arctic11-16 June 2005, st. Thomas, U.S. Virgin I Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)perience in the Arctic, including the territories and seas of the Russian Federation. U.S. scientific agency personnel and representatives of the Russian Academy of Sciences also participated and funding support for the workshop was provided through U.S. National Science Foundation to the Russian-Am Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)erican Initiative for Shelf-Land Environments Science Management Office, located at the University of Tennessee. Proceedings of the workshop representSponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)
the opinions of the individuals attending the workshop and not those of the National Science Foundation, or any other U.S. or Russian agency or entitProceedings of a Workshop on Facilitating U.S. - Russian Environmental Change Research in the Russian Arctic11-16 June 2005, st. Thomas, U.S. Virgin I Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)ea ice retreat, vegetation and biological community changes, thawing permafrost, increasing runoff and drying surface soils. It is also widely understood that these and other changes are likely to have both regional and global consequences for the future functioning of the earth climate system.Why t Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)he Russian Arctic?Despite the wide degree of public attention that is being provided to arctic climate change through international efforts such as thSponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)
e Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, research investments to observe and assess these changes, and to predict future impacts have not been geographicalProceedings of a Workshop on Facilitating U.S. - Russian Environmental Change Research in the Russian Arctic11-16 June 2005, st. Thomas, U.S. Virgin I Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)ng changes in the Arctic System may be in fact unrepresentative because it is based on field data collected outside of Russia. This is significant because by almost any Arctic definition, Russia generally occupies a far larger portion of the Arctic than does any other nation. For example. 60-70% of Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)arctic land area is in Russia, the majority of river discharge to the Arctic Ocean comes from Russia, over 80% of the Arctic s human population livesSponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)
in Russia, and most of the3Arctic Ocean’s expansive shelf is in Russian territory (Fig. 1). Russia's vast boreal forests, peatlands, tundra, and shelfProceedings of a Workshop on Facilitating U.S. - Russian Environmental Change Research in the Russian Arctic11-16 June 2005, st. Thomas, U.S. Virgin I Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE), from the standpoint of the land or continental shelf surface area, river discharge volume, watershed area, human population size or most other aspects of the Arctic, most of it is found within Russia or its territorial waters. Given this reality, it is difficult to imagine that we could ever attai Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)n a comprehensive understanding of the Arctic without extensive research in the Russian Arctic. The importance of the Russian Arctic for assessing envSponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)
ironmental changes in the Arctic System was assessed by one of the workshop’s working groups, which is provided as a more detailed summary in the follProceedings of a Workshop on Facilitating U.S. - Russian Environmental Change Research in the Russian Arctic11-16 June 2005, st. Thomas, U.S. Virgin I Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)ussian Arctic is a consequence of a significant decline in scientific research support following the demise of the Soviet Union, related economic dislocations, as well as the enormous landscape scale of this region, which is poorly connected with global transportation and communication systems. The Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)importance of international research partners to increase knowledge of environmental change and processes in the Russian Arctic has long been recognizSponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)
ed, both within and outside Russia. For example, the International Arctic Science Committee, a non-governmental research coordination body now based iProceedings of a Workshop on Facilitating U.S. - Russian Environmental Change Research in the Russian Arctic11-16 June 2005, st. Thomas, U.S. Virgin I Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)formation on challenges and successes of foreign researchers working in the Russian North.In the United States, as well as in many other countries, there was recognition of the opportunity presented by the end of the Cold War to improve environmental observation capabilities and collaborative resear Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)ch in the Russian Arctic with Russian scientists. The Russian American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE), a project supported by both theSponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)
U.S. National Science Foundation, and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, was a direct outgrowth of this opportunity and the bi-national recogProceedings of a Workshop on Facilitating U.S. - Russian Environmental Change Research in the Russian Arctic11-16 June 2005, st. Thomas, U.S. Virgin I Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)nvestment in arctic research, including infrastructure and logistical support, has grown significantly over the past decade. According to the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee. FY 2005 spending by all federal agencies on arctic research is estimated to have reached $352 million. This repr Sponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)esents a doubling of federal research support in the decade since FY 1995. Much of this new' funding has been targeted through the National Science FoSponsored by the Project Management Office for the Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE)
undation (NSF), which has become by far the largest agency supporter of U.S. arctic research.4Russia Canada 1 ScandinaviaNorth of Arctic CircleArctic Proceedings of a Workshop on Facilitating U.S. - Russian Environmental Change Research in the Russian Arctic11-16 June 2005, st. Thomas, U.S. Virgin IProceedings of a Workshop on Facilitating U.S. - Russian Environmental Change Research in the Russian Arctic11-16 June 2005, st. Thomas, U.S. Virgin IGọi ngay
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