Collaborative Research: Complex Effects of Telecoupled Activities in the Changing Environment of the Arctic

合作研究：北极不断变化的环境中远程耦合活动的复杂影响

• 批准号: 2032786
• 负责人: Matthew Berman
• 金额: $ 64.45万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Anchorage Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2032786&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Complex; Effects; Telecoupled

Arctic communities and ecosystems are experiencing dramatic changes, not just from a changing climate, but also from economic globalization and increased development of Arctic natural resources. Although these economic and climate forces are often studied separately, they may interact, generating potentially complex effects on ecosystems and the wellbeing of Arctic human communities. As an essential step toward mitigating threats and promoting human wellbeing, this research project seeks to understand how forces from outside Alaska, such as marine traffic, tourism, and natural resource extraction, combine to affect marine ecosystems and coastal human communities. To examine the interactive effects of multiple distant drivers on Arctic systems, the researchers will develop a dynamic systems model focusing on the Bering Strait region of Alaska. As the only marine access point to the Arctic from the Pacific Ocean, the Bering Strait represents a critical corridor for both migratory marine wildlife and marine vessel traffic, making it an ideal study region for this project. The model will be based on the framework of telecoupling, which examines socioeconomic and environmental interactions across long distances. The interdisciplinary team will apply this model to address three important and interrelated objectives: (1) understand how telecouplings influence the habitat of marine mammal species crucial to subsistence economies and cultures, (2) determine the effects of telecouplings on community economies and wellbeing, and (3) develop different telecoupling-induced change scenarios and assess their potential effects on human communities and marine mammal habitats. Researchers and community partners will collaborate to incorporate local knowledge into the model and improve its ability to reflect on-the-ground experiences, as well as document concerns and local knowledge. Furthermore, the team will train four junior interdisciplinary systems scientists, and will disseminate research results widely to various stakeholders to help with the sustainability of Arctic human and natural systems.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

北极社区和生态系统正在经历巨大的变化，这不仅是由于气候变化，也是由于经济全球化和北极自然资源的日益开发。虽然这些经济和气候力量往往被分开研究，但它们可能相互作用，对生态系统和北极人类社区的福祉产生潜在的复杂影响。作为减轻威胁和促进人类福祉的重要一步，该研究项目旨在了解阿拉斯加以外的力量，如海上交通，旅游业和自然资源开采，如何结合联合收割机影响海洋生态系统和沿海人类社区。为了研究多个遥远驱动因素对北极系统的相互影响，研究人员将开发一个以阿拉斯加白令海峡地区为重点的动态系统模型。白令海峡是从太平洋进入北极的唯一海上通道，是海洋野生动物迁徙和海上船只交通的重要走廊，使其成为该项目的理想研究区域。该模型将以远距离耦合框架为基础，研究远距离的社会经济和环境相互作用。跨学科团队将应用这一模式来解决三个重要且相互关联的目标：（1）了解远程耦合如何影响对维持生计的经济和文化至关重要的海洋哺乳动物物种的栖息地，（2）确定远程耦合对社区经济和福祉的影响，（3）制定不同的远程耦合引起的变化情景，并评估其对人类社区和海洋哺乳动物栖息地的潜在影响。研究人员和社区伙伴将合作将当地知识纳入该模型，提高其反映实地经验以及记录关切问题和当地知识的能力。此外，该团队还将培养四名初级跨学科系统科学家，并将研究成果广泛传播给各利益相关者，以帮助北极人类和自然系统的可持续性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。