SGER: Human Responses to Changing Climate in Alaska and Nepal: Comparisons between High Latitudes and High Altitudes

关于全球环境变化的人类层面的区域间比较研究很重要，但还不发达。该项目是一个探索性研究项目，旨在对高纬度地区（阿拉斯加）和高海拔地区（尼泊尔）的气候变化的性质和影响进行初步比较，特别是通过对冰冻圈（尼泊尔的冰川、阿拉斯加的海冰、永久冻土和冰川）的变化进行比较。这两个区域正在经历迅速的环境变化，对土著人民和传统习俗产生了重大影响和潜在影响。该项目需要尼泊尔和阿拉斯加的科学家进行一系列探索性研究实地考察，以便建立一个比较框架，从中调查全球气候变化的影响。

Inter-regional comparative research on the human dimensions of global environmental change is important but underdeveloped. This project is an exploratory research project to conduct an initial comparison between high latitudes (Alaska) and high altitudes (Nepal) with regard to the nature and impacts of climate change, particularly through changes to the cryosphere (glaciers in Nepal; sea ice, permafrost, and glaciers in Alaska). Both regions are experiencing rapid environmental change, with significant impacts and potential impacts on indigenous peoples and traditional practices. The project entails a series of exploratory research site visits between Nepalese and Alaska scientists in order to create a comparative framework from which to investigate the impacts of global climate change.