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AGU Session: C33A - Convergence Research in the Arctic: Drawing from Diverse Disciplines and Knowledge Systems to Address Complex Societal Challenges I Oral
The AGU oral Session "Convergence Research in the Arctic: Drawing from Diverse Disciplines and Knowledge Systems to Address Complex Societal Challenges" took place on December 17, 2025 from 2:15–3:45 pm CT. The session was focused on how the Arctic region, alongside transforming demographic, economic, and security conditions, is confronting accelerated climate and ecological changes. Arctic research has increasingly adopted convergence approaches that bring together academically-trained knowledge systems, Indigenous knowledges, and practitioner expertise to more holistically understand the interconnectedness of nature, social systems, and the human-built environment.
November, 2025
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Ward Jones, M.K., B.M. Jones, I. Nitze, M. Gessner, G. Grosse, A. Bartsch, and D. Bull, 2025: Annual and sub-seasonal dynamics of a rapidly eroding permafrost coastline along the Beaufort Sea in northern Alaska, Scientific Reports, 15, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-04753-3

Jorgenson, M.T., et al., 2025: Interacting Sea-Level Rise, Sea-Ice Loss, Storm Flooding, Erosion, and Permafrost Thaw Threaten Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Communities on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Earth's Future, 13(8), https://doi.org/10.1029/2025EF006015

Jones, B.M., M.Z. Kanevskiy, B. Connor, J. Peirce, B. Tracey Sr., K. Curtis, F.E. Urban, S. Wesen, Y. Shur, and C.V. Maio, 2025: Climate change and infrastructure development drive ice-rich permafrost thaw in Point Lay (Kali), Alaska, Environmental Research: Ecology, 4(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-664X/adf1ac

Creel, R., J. Guimond, B.M. Jones, and P.P. Overduin, 2024: Permafrost thaw subsidence, sea-level rise, and erosion are transforming Alaska’s Arctic coastal zone, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(50), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2409411121

Christian, J.E., R.M. Buzard, K.L. Spellman, H.L. Baldwin, R.C. Bogardus, J. Carlson, G. Dunham, S. Flensburg, R.J.T. Glenn, J.R. Overbeck, and C.V. Maio, 2025: Community-based monitoring: shoreline change in Southwest Alaska, Frontiers in Climate Change, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1410329

Buzard, R.M., C.V. Maio, L.H. Erikson, J.R. Overbeck, N.E.M. Kinsman, and B.M. Jones, 2024: Current and projected flood exposure for Alaska coastal communities, Scientific Reports, 14, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58270-w

Peterson, M., M. Monakhova, D. Maeroff, M. Arteaga, F.P. Anjolaoluwa, P. Frankson, L. Shaffer, P.K. Takata-Glushkoff, C. Begay, S. BurnSilver, S. Pfirman, and A. York, 2025: Preparing students and early-career researchers for ethical decision-making in community-engaged research in the Arctic, The Polar Journal, 1-24, https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2025.2563477 

Safarpour, H., A. Lacau, K.M. Faust, and L.A. Spearing, 2025: Water System Vulnerabilities in Rural Alaska: The Role of Transportation Infrastructure, World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2025, https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784486184.100

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