The mission of the North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) is to improve the scientific and regulatory understanding of Alaska’s North Slope in the context of resource development and environmental change and to identify data and information products that management agencies and governments will need in the future.
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Featured products are reports, data, and mapping applications produced by NSSI in collaboration with partners. The focus of our products is to identify or fulfill critical science needs.
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Recent News
Meteorological Data Assessment - Kaktovik and Atqasuk (2013 - 2018)
This report summarizes and documents an assessment of meteorology data key findings associated with the Automated Weather Observing System stations (AWOS III P) located at the Kaktovik Barter Island Airport (PABA) and...
Since 2014, scientists at University of Alaska Fairbanks have conducted snow research in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the first such research since the 1980s.
This research combined extensive measurements of snow depth and density on the ground...
A study of the economic impacts of development on Nuiqsut subsistence uses and activities is available on the NSSI Catalog.
The report documents the application of a subsistence-market economic model that was developed to produce quantitative estimates of the impact on...
Data from the Toolik air monitoring station are provided for visibility and aerosol, NADP Ammonia, precipitation chemistry and mercury.
These data are collected in accordance with protocols of the Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE) and the National Atmospheric Deposition...
An update to the Air Quality Database for Arctic Alaska (v1.2 - 2019) is posted on the NSSI Catalog.
This database summarizes available information that is relevant to air quality management decision making on the North Slope of Alaska. The database...
Air Monitoring at Toolik Field Station:
Data from the Toolik air monitoring station are provided for visibility and aerosol, NADP Ammonia, precipitation chemistry and mercury. https://t.co/gV5oFn8j0A https://t.co/vn62nsGbUC
A study of the economic impacts of development on Nuiqsut subsistence uses and activities is available on the NSSI Catalog.
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An update to the Air Quality Database for #Arctic #Alaska (v1.2 - 2019) is posted on the NSSI Catalog. This database summarizes available info that is relevant to #AirQuality management decision making on the North Slope of AK.
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Nuiqsut Paisanjich: A Cultural Plan for the Iñupiaq community of #Nuiqsut, Alaska. Read both the original 1979 plan and the 2017 update on the #NSSI website at the link.
#Traditions #LandUse #AncestralPlaces #ForcesOfChange https://t.co/fvmZpHsLYJ
Data ... in the cloud or in the ocean?
"Cables remain the fastest, most efficient and least expensive way to send information across the ocean."
#Technology #SpeedOfScience #NSSI #NorthSlopeScience https://t.co/LZyBGL0BZn
More than 370 research reports and documents are NOW available describing development and environmental conditions in the vicinity of the community of Nuiqsut.
#NorthSlopeScience #NSSI #Share https://t.co/PPiySvmyVg
#Nunavut researcher Shari Fox, was awarded a marine fellowship from The Pew Charitable Trusts. As a researcher, Fox has worked with community members on projects in Nunavut, #Alaska, #Greenland, #Finland, #Norway and #Sweden. #Research #Science... https://t.co/tEbZVpl6w8
The North Slope Science Initiative website has launched an #Environmental Information space with information pertaining to areas in the vicinity of the community of #Nuiqsut. This new data is made available through a #collaborative... https://t.co/TsMrlHT0cO
Save the Date for the Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium, May 7-10, 2019 in Anchorage, Alaska.
"This symposium aims to provide a forum for discussion on ways to facilitate effective cooperative research, a... https://t.co/ZEHKlhn4xQ