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Tag Archives: Kelsey Dowdy
  • Communicating Arctic Science, from a science meeting to a high school classroom

    Posted by Kelsey Dowdy on May 27, 2014

    Last week (May 18-23) marked the first annual Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography’s Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM). While the Polaris showing at the JASM wasn’t…


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  • Congratulations to Polaris Participants and Alumni!

    Posted by Sue Natali on May 27, 2014

    As Polaris Project students advance in their academic careers, they continue to achieve scientific successes through publications, presentations at national meetings, and awards and fellowships.  Just to highlight a…


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  • Northern lights

    Posted by Kelsey Dowdy on September 5, 2013

    The seasonal difference between doing fieldwork in Siberia in summery July and a now autumnal September is obvious in low temperatures and bug-free conditions. Plus the added bonus: dark…


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  • Fieldwork in the Siberian autumn

    Posted by Kelsey Dowdy on September 1, 2013

    In our first four days of being here, we’ve sampled about 15 sites, spanning streams and rivers all the way from Duvannyi Yar to the tundra. With summer coming…


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  • Record breaking in Yakutsk

    Posted by Kelsey Dowdy on August 28, 2013

    Being a scientist means you’re always learning and being creative. Being an Arctic scientist means you also must be patient, especially here in the Siberian Arctic. We experienced this…


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  • Back to the promised land

    Posted by Kelsey Dowdy on August 21, 2013

    With three red-eye flights 4 hours in front of me, the GRE 4…


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  • Congratulations Polaris Alums!

    Posted by Sue Natali on June 27, 2013

    Polaris Project students have achieved great research successes through their publications, presentations at national meetings, and awards and fellowships.  Just to highlight a few… This year, two Polaris alumnae, Erin…


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  • Dowdy et al 2012 AGU

    Posted by Kelsey Dowdy on November 8, 2012

    Dowdy, K. I., Vonk, J. E., Mann, P. J., Zimov, N., Bulygina, E., Davydova, A., Spencer, R. G. M., Holmes, R. M. 2012. Ancient Yedoma carbon loss: primed by…


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  • Ancient Yedoma carbon loss: primed by ice wedge thaw?

    Posted by Kelsey Dowdy on September 4, 2012

    Frozen soils, or permafrost, in northeast Siberia are dominated by Yedoma deposits.  Yedoma deposits are accumulations of windblown dust and riverine sediments from the Pleistocene era, a period 2.6…


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  • Science is life at the Northeast Science Station

    Posted by Kelsey Dowdy on July 18, 2012

    Spending every waking (and sleeping) moment with like-minded ecologists really allows us…


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  • Siberia-bound!

    Posted by Kelsey Dowdy on June 26, 2012

    After many weeks of having The Beatles’ “Back in the USSR” put a bigger smile on my face than usual, the day is finally here to depart…


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