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，不仅来自气候变化，而且还来自经济全球化和北极自然资源的发展。尽管这些经济和气候力量经常被单独研究，但它们可能会相互作用，从而对生态系统和北极人类社区的福祉产生潜在的复杂影响。作为缓解威胁并促进人类福祉的重要一步，该研究项目试图了解来自阿拉斯加以外的力量（例如海洋交通，旅游业和自然资源提取）如何影响海洋生态系统和沿海人类社区。为了检查多个遥远驱动因素对北极系统的互动效果，研究人员将开发一个动态系统模型，重点是阿拉斯加的白令海峡地区。作为来自太平洋北极的唯一海洋通道，白令海峡代表了候选海洋野生动植物和船用船只交通的关键走廊，使其成为该项目的理想研究区域。该模型将基于电信的框架，该框架研究了长距离的社会经济和环境相互作用。跨学科团队将应用此模型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生存经济和文化至关重要的海洋哺乳动物物种的栖息地，（2）确定电信对社区经济和福祉的影响，以及（3）发展了不同的远程触发习惯对人类的跨性别和人类的跨性别效果，并评估了对人类的群体的影响和境内的友好效应。研究人员和社区合作伙伴将合作，将本地知识纳入模型，并提高其反映现场体验的能力，以及文档关注和当地知识。此外，该团队将培训四个初级跨学科系统科学家，并将广泛地传播研究结果，以帮助各种利益相关者，以帮助北极人类和自然系统的可持续性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响，通过评估值得支持的支持。