Engaging Alaska Communities and Students in Cryospheric Research

摘要: This community-based Permafrost/Active Layer Monitoring (PALM) Program is greatly successful from both educational and scientific viewpoints. The an ongoing project that builds on work begun in 2005 to establish long-term permafrost active layer monitoring sites adjacent schools Alaska the circumpolar region. stations are located all over Alaska, including Aleutians, Bering Sea Islands, southeast Alaska. Two hundred involved project, a site has been included at Denali National Park Kenai Fjord Park. collect temperature measurement data length depth of (the above thaws during summer freezes again winter). information important because changes conditions affect local ecosystems hydrological regimes can influence severity natural disasters. In addition extending our knowledge environment cryosphere, program involves school-age students hopes inspiring new generation scientists continue this study.