Big Picture: The Polaris Project is focused on some really big questions and the readings below will help you think big: How much carbon is there in the Arctic? How does it move? How is the land surface changing? Could humans change the Artic carbon cycle with animal grazing?

Terrestrial: We are working in the terrestrial environment more intensively every year and thinking about the linkages between the terrestrial and aquatic carbon cycles.

Permafrost: We work in Cherskiy ultimately because the fate of permafrost in the Arctic is important and uncertain.

River and Aquatic Carbon: In a largely roadless area, the rivers and waterways are the roads. It’s true for carbon too. These papers quantify how carbon moves and changes as it moves downstream.