Arctic carbon monitoring network

This map shows how Permafrost Pathways’ eddy covariance flux tower network is critical to understanding how carbon feedbacks are accelerating warming in the Arctic and impacting global weather.

Attribution:

Christina Shintani / Woodwell Climate Research Center

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Data sources:

Native Land; Norwegian Polar Institute; Ecoregions 2017 Resolve; Green Marble; Gruber, S. 2012: Deviation and analysis of a high-resolution estimate of global permafrost zonation, The Cryosphere, 6, 221-233. doi:10.5194/tc-6-221-2012.; Virkkala, A. et al. (2021). Statistical upscaling of ecosystem co2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: regional patterns and uncertainties. Global Change Biology, 27(17), 4040-4059. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15659.

Awards:

• Grand Prize Winner (Avenza Map Contest 2023)
• 1st Place | Communicating Science Spatially and ICA (2024 Esri User Conference)
• IMIA Recognition of Excellence in Cartography (2024 Esri User Conference)

Poster text by:

Jessica Howard / Woodwell Climate Research Center

Poster illustrations by:

Julianne Waite / Woodwell Climate Research Center