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Just letting everyone know that I will be posting some details about my expedition to a facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ThumaPolarTREC , twitter feed https://twitter.com/schsphysics and my Linkedin account https://www.linkedin.com . So those are also good ways to keep up on the trip.

So just what is the Deep Roots team doing while we’re up here (or more scientifically, what is the experimental design)? ##Choosing a representative sample## The tundra behind the field station represents tundra that is fairly typical of what is found here in the North Slope of Alaska. The land

Lots of Travel Ahead I received my travel plans from the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) last week. The document includes my flight itinerary for the trips to and from South American. The first leg of the adventure begins on Thursday, September 1st. Approximately 29

Did you know that there are versions of some of your favorite plants here in the Arctic too? I’ll try to keep the science to a minimum and just post some pretty photos, but let’s at least get a few things straight. All of the plants up here (just like the plants in your backyard) can be grouped into

In order to fully understand the Deep Roots experiment, there are a few things to review about plants (and how the Arctic places limits on plant growth). Sure, we all know the basic parts of a plant – roots, shoots, leaves – and we also know that plants require sunlight and CO2 to make glucose

The Elephant in the Room## A significant portion of the research here at Toolik is either directly or indirectly connected to climate change. Some experiments are mainly focused on how this Arctic ecosystem works (like the circadian rhythms of the [arctic ground squirrel]( https://www.polartrec