Presentations

Publications

Sydney Waloven, A Synthesis of Pacific Arctic Marine Mammal Occurrences. [Conference Poster]. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska. 2025

Syd presenting at AMSS 2025

Michele Remer, Impacts of Tourism in a Telecoupled Bering Strait Region. [Conference Poster]. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska. 2025 

Michele presenting at AMSS 2025

Michele Remer, Tourism and Species Invasion in a Warming Arctic. [Conference Presentation]. Environmental Science and Policy Symposium, East Lansing, Michigan. 2024

Bella Block, Managing Increased Rates of Vessel Traffic in the Bering Strait. Arctic Congress, Bodø, Norway, 2024.

Bella Block, Jennifer Schmidt, Kelly Kapsar and Dillon J. Hotspot Analysis of Bering Strait and Sea, 2015-2022 [Conference Poster]. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, Ak. 2024

Bella presenting her research at CBPP 2024

Michele Remer, Livingston A., Coalter, J., Sydney Waloven, Jianguo “Jack” Liu, A Review of Tourism and Species Invasion in a Warming Arctic [Conference poster]. International Association of Landscape Ecology – North America Chapter, Oklahoma City, OK. 2024

Michele presenting her research at IALE 2024

Kelly Kapsar, Sullender, B., and Kuletz, K. Recent patterns of vessel risk to seabirds: A multi-scale seasonal analysis in the North Pacific and Arctic [Conference poster]. International Association of Landscape Ecology – North America Chapter. Oklahoma City, OK. 2024

Sydney Waloven, Cahill, C., Predicting bearded seal abundance in the Bering Strait
Region [Conference Presentation]. International Association of Landscape Ecology – North America Chapter, Oklahoma City, OK. 2024.

Sydney presenting her research on bearded seal abundance at IALE

Sydney Waloven, Cahill, C., Predicting bearded seal abundance in the Bering Strait Region [Conference Presentation]. Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Annual Graduate Student Organization Research Symposium, East Lansing, MI. 2024

Kelly Kapsar, Sullender, B., and Kuletz, K., Quantifying risk of vessel encounters with sea ducks in the North Pacific: A multi-scale seasonal analysis of Alaskan Oceans  [Conference Presentation]. The International Sea Duck conference (virtual). 2024

Michele Remer, A Life Cycle Assessment of a Tourist Visit to Nome, Alaska. [Conference Presentation]. Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Annual Graduate Student Organization Research Symposium, East Lansing, MI. 2024

Kelly Kapsar, Seabird-vessel traffic risk analysis for Alaska’s oceans [Conference Presentation]. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska. 2023

Sydney Waloven, The Bering Strait as an Emerging Global Gateway: A Telecoupled Human and Natural System [Conference Presentation]. Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Annual Graduate Student Organization Research Symposium, East Lansing, MI. 2023

Michele Remer, Tourism and Invasive Species in an Arctic Telecoupled System [Conference Presentation]. Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Annual Graduate Student Organization Research Symposium, East Lansing, MI. 2023

Kelly Kapsar, Grant Gunn, Lawson Brigham and Jianguo “Jack” Liu. Mapping vessel traffic patterns in the ice-covered waters of the Pacific Arctic. Climatic Change, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-023-03568-3

Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Leveraging the metacoupling framework for sustainability science and global sustainable development. National Science Review, 2023. DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwad090

Sydney Waloven, Kelly Kapsar, Tobias Schwoerer, Matthew Berman, Jennifer I. Schmidt, Andrés Viña and Jianguo Liu “Global Gateways as Telecoupled Human and Natural Systems: The Emerging Case of the Bering StraitAmbio, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-023-01835-2

Kelly Kapsar, Frans, Veronica F.; Brigham, Lawson W. and Jianguo “Jack” Liu, The metacoupled Arctic: Human–nature interactions across local to global scales as drivers of sustainability Ambio, 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-022-01729-9

Nicholas Manning, Yingjie Li, and Jianguo Liu. Broader applicability of the metacoupling framework than Tobler’s first law of geography for global sustainability: a systematic review. Geography and Sustainability. 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.geosus.2022.11.003

Remer, M. and Liu, J. International Tourism in the Arctic under COVID-19: A Telecoupling Analysis of Iceland. Sustainability, 2022. DOI: 10.3390/su142215237

Fieldwork Photos

Kelly on a research trip to Nome
Michele conducting a pilot survey in Seward, AK
Bella sampling for marine invertebrates in Nome, AK
Cruise ship tender boat in Nome, AK
Alaska Visitor Study in progress-Nome, AK
Kelly aboard a research vessel in 2019