Team Shrub

Where does a journey begin? We haven’t had a full field season for three years. Due to a little-known virus called COVID-19 we’ve had to wait until 2022. But we're back and the journey has begun. For some of us this adventure takes place in our own backyards, others have never been as far as now from their hometown. In this blog post, we’ll introduce you to the 2022 Team Shrub Field Crew and the journey that we have taken to get here – to Kluane Lake in the Yukon:

https://teamshrub.com/2022/06/24/team-shrubs-2022-journey-to-the-yukon/

To meet the team, check out our post on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfMtkktO2vO/

JOB ALERT!

The Government of Yukon is seeking candidates to fill the position of Chair for the Wildlife Management Advisory Council for the Yukon North Slope.

Applications are due in two weeks time on Friday, February 26, 2021. Please send completed application forms (https://yukon.ca/.../boards-and-committees-nomination-and...) and résumés to [email protected]. For more information, including details about the position, please email [email protected] or call 867-332-0161.

"The toughest topics are the most deserving of attention" says Kayla Nanmak Arey. “We are all connected, just like all the parts in an ecosystem, and we are all here to work together” to understand Arctic climate change. Check out her blog post for Wildlife Management Advisory Council North Slope as a part of the Science Chats series!

https://wmacns.ca/news/science-chats-part-6-niptaqtuq/?fbclid=IwAR3Bqhe7hm0OUcgQZEjpiB5D13t5G6PTNLI-jNRjbKV5O7RbaN8Kssc7A2Y

Why care about the warming Arctic? Think ~1500Pg of frozen soil carbon. How much? Think 1500 trains of coal 150,000 miles long. With Arctic greening, carbon could be released, warming the planet.

More shrubs and trees could trap snow in winter creating a thicker blanket of snow that could keep soils warmer. Shrub stems sticking up above the snow could make the snow's surface darker in spring which would absorb more heat, like wearing a black t-shirt on a warm day. With warmer soils, permafrost could thaw, releasing carbon.

Researchers and Arctic people are collaborating to figure out how the Arctic is changing and what this means for the planet. Thanks WIRED for inviting me to participate in to chat about Arctic greening and share some of our Team Shrub research findings!

WIRED25 2020: Drs. Isla Myers-Smith, Deonie Allen, and Steve Allen on Climate Change and Saving Our Earth Microplastics, Arctic sea ice, and our changing climate: Dr. Deonie Allen, Dr. Steve Allen, and Dr. Isla Myers-Smith joined WIRED25 to discuss the challenges our Earth faces, and what we can do about it.

¡Felicidades Mariana!

«Equipo Arbusto» PhD student Mariana García Criado accepts her DPS Scholarship from the The British Spanish Society remotely at the ceremony in London. Team Shrub is very proud of your achievements and your tundra ecology research! Way to go Mariana!

One of the many very surreal and unexpected things about 2020 was being selected for WIRED25! As a global change ecologist, founding Team Shrub is my most proud achievement and it is with our team and collaborators that we are pushing research boundaries by using tech such as drones to monitoring the rapidly changing Arctic. It's a total honour to be listed among these innovators who are making the world a better place when on Team Shrub we're just tracking the impacts of Arctic climate change one shrub and drone flight at a time!

Check out the article in WIRED:
https://www.wired.com/story/wired25-2020-people-making-things-better/

And join for the online conversations:
https://events.wired.com/home

Meet This Year’s WIRED25: People Who Are Making Things Better The scientists, technologists, artists, and chefs who are standing between us and species collapse.