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Figure 4. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet.
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Figure 3. Soil waters had to be filtered in a oxygen-free glove bag back in the lab at Toolik Field Station to avoid oxidation of reduced iron before the start of experiments.
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Researchers at Toolik Lake
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Figure 1. Red-orange oxidized iron precipitates across the arctic landscapes.
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Fig.4 Karla takes a traditional bulk density sample at 100 cm.
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Fig.4 Karla takes a traditional bulk density sample at 100 cm.
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Fig.3 Chris So separates large rocks from soil and root material.
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Fig.2 Soil profiles from three different watersheds with increasing rock content from 15% to >35% from left to right.
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Fig.1 Dave Frey scouts location for a quantitative soil pit in Watershed 2 by taking a tree core in one of the younger trees in the old growth stand to date the age of the most recent landslide.
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Each of the ten MOCNESS nets has a plastic ‘cod end jar’ attached to the end. These jars collect most of the organisms that get caught in the nets, and bring them back to the surface for us to sample. Four cod end jars are visible here as the grey cylinders with drainage holes and duct tape bumpers.
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