This video accompanies a case study that examines the implications of climate change for the Iñupiat community of Wainwright, Alaska. Specifically, it addresses Iñupiat relations with agviq, the...
This case study examines the implications of climate change for the Iñupiat community of Wainwright, Alaska. Specifically, it addresses Iñupiat relations with agviq, the bowhead whale (Balaena...
A view of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, a high-altitude field research station at 9,500 feet in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. RMBL has supported field work since it was founded in 1928,...
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An example of a late spring frost and snow event at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, at 9,500 feet in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. This photograph was taken on 13 June 2001, when the...
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Date of winter snowpack melt during the past 36 years at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. A trend toward earlier snowmelt was noted during the study period, though the correlation was not...
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A graphical representation of a frost event at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (Colorado). The temperature dipped to 25.1 F on 11 June 2004. Winter snowpack melted at the monitoring...
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A flowering plant of Helianthella quinquenervis (aspen sunflower, Asteraceae) at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory(RMBL). This species has flower buds that are frost-sensitive. The plants have...
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Ants (Formica obscuripes) searching for extrafloral nectar on the involucral bracts around a flower head in bud in the frost-sensitive herb Helianthella quinquenervis. The ants help to deter...
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A meadow with thousands of plants of Helianthella quinquenervis (aspen sunflower, Asteraceae) at peak bloom. This species is a common long-lived perennial plant in meadows near the Rocky Mountain...
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Photo of a meadow with thousands of Helianthella quinquenervis (aspen sunflower, Asteraceae) plants. In the year that this photo was taken, a springtime frost killed all but a few flower buds....
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