Field Methods
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At the ice edge north of Svalbard
A careful reading of melt ponds, pressure ridges, kittiwakes, wildlife distance, and younger sea ice.
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Listening for narwhals in Baffin Bay
What a hydrophone can record about narwhal calls, vessel noise, and uncertainty in a changing soundscape.
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When an Arctic river turns orange
Thaw, mineral exposure, changing river chemistry, and the limits of sparse water-quality monitoring.
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Rain on snow across the tundra
How ice crust can affect winter forage, why community observation matters, and why one event is not a trend.
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Measuring a glacier in footsteps
Ablation stakes, mass balance, the 2025 Greenland result, and the patient work of repeated measurement.
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A midnight-sun tundra plot
Shrubs, insects, migratory birds, tundra greenness, and the daily rhythm around a small monitoring plot.