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Start Date:
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
End Date:
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Climate Change in Glacier-River-Lake Ecosystems in Svalbard, Norway
Who was on the expedition?
Matthew Moore teaches High School Biology, AP Environmental Science, Lake Ecology, Conservation Biology, and Field Biology at Kents Hill School in Kents, Maine. Mr. Moore is very interested in climate science, in particular how anthropogenic factors of climate change may be influencing arctic ecosystems and cultures. Mr. Moore was very happy to broaden his knowledge and skills by participating in this expedition in order to better teach young people about the Earth’s ecosystems and their role in it.
Mike Retelle is a professor at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Dr. Retelle teaches courses that focus on Earth surface environments and records of environmental change. Dr. Retelle has been working in Svalbard since 2005 and has previously mentored numerous undergraduate students in the field through the National Science Foundation’s REU program (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) as well as three past TREC teachers. Dr. Retelle and Mr. Moore developed a collaborative working relationship even before the expedition, as Dr. Retelle is an assistant coach of the hockey team at Mr. Moore’s high school!
The team traveled to Svalbard, Norway, located in the High Arctic to investigate how high latitude glaciers, melt-water streams, and sedimentation in lakes and fjords respond to climate change. The Svalbard region has been marked by the retreat of glaciers, reductions in sea ice, and measurable warming throughout the Holocene period, and more specifically during the last 90 years. The Svalbard archipelago has preserved geologic records of climate change since the last ice age and into the 20th century, which makes it an ideal location for this study.
The team worked on and around the glaciers and lakes of Kapp Linne near their field camp at Isfjord Radio on western Spitsbergen, the largest island in the Svalbard arctic archipelago. The Svalbard archipelago is situated in the Arctic Ocean, north of mainland Europe, approximately mid-way between Norway and the North Pole.
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The time period beginning at the end of the last Ice Age about 11,000 years ago and characterized by the development of human civilizations.
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A long narrow inlet of the sea found between steep cliffs, created by the retreat of glaciers. The word fjord is Norwegian as they are commonly found along Norwegian coasts.
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The process by which particles suspended in water settle to the bottom of ground surfaces.
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Factors caused by human beings, such as air pollution produced by cars.
