Jess Howard

Arctic Communications Specialist, Permafrost Pathways for @woodwellarctic at @woodwellclimate, Climate and Arctic Justice Activist (views my own)

[Emma Pike @Emma_Pike_]

I’d never seen a man
bigger than a tank
until now

[Permafrost Pathways @PermafrostPaths]

🐟 Explore our new #StoryMap via @ArcGISStoryMaps, developed w/ @Native_Mvmt, about the climate impacts on salmon in the Yukon and Kuskokwim River watersheds and how you can help to support Alaska Native-led solutions.

➡️ https://t.co/dJZ3Kmv8ae

[The New York Times @nytimes]

On the shore of Lake Tiktalik in Canada’s Western Arctic, the thawing permafrost had set off two huge landslides into the water. These “thaw slumps” could turn the Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk into Canada’s first climate refugees. https://t.co/XKd4fEUKk3

[Dr. Dawn Wright + @deepseadawn.bsky.social 🇺🇦 @deepseadawn]

"Mapping Permafrost Thaw Is Essential for Understanding Climate Change"
"Indigenizing the map, reclaiming the land, protecting the future"
Great work by @WoodwellClimate @g_fiske in this quarter's issue of @ArcNewsMagazine
https://t.co/BV6hxfw1Tw & https://t.co/VJwMNlusGS

[International Cryosphere Climate Initiative @ICCInet]

⬇️ PUBLISHED TODAY ⬇️

The State of the Cryosphere 2024 report: over 50 leading cryosphere scientists warn of vastly higher impacts and costs to the global economy given accelerating losses in the world’s snow and ice regions.

Read here:

https://t.co/16m2sZXEOI

[Princess Daazhraii @ArcticDaazhraii]

Mahsi’choo @monicagermana for attending our panel & screening of Gath & K’iyh and This is a Story about Salmon films. @TananaChiefs @Native_Mvmt #ArcticIndigenousFilmFund

[AP Climate @AP_Climate]

Climate change destroyed an Alaska village. Its residents are starting over in a new town. https://t.co/i12Ho5N1Lc

[Alaska Public Media News @AKpublicnews]

Scientists with Permafrost Pathways are working to track how melting permafrost has affected land across rural Alaska.

“If you step off the boardwalk, you’ll fall in above your knee,” said project lead Sue Natali. “It’s like quicksand, but mud.” https://t.co/9tMLlEyk8G

[Permafrost Pathways @PermafrostPaths]

⛰️ Adaptation Lead Darcy Peter from Beaver, Alaska, and Tribal Liaison Morris J. Alexie from the Alaska Native Village of Nunapicuaq brought local expertise and on-the-ground experiences of #AlaskaNative communities grappling w/ the impacts of #Arctic warming to Capitol Hill.

[Arctic Council @ArcticCouncil]

Lena Popova, a PhD student at the University of Fribourg, is working to bridge Indigenous and scientific knowledge.

She highlights fire's role in survival and ecosystem management in Siberia and the rise of destructive wildfires🔥

[Arctic Council @ArcticCouncil]

Zombie fires - also known as holdover or overwintering fires - can smolder underground for months or even years. These fires are getting more attention as #wildfire seasons become more intense in the Arctic.

Learn more from Chief Bill Erasmus of Arctic Athabaskan Council 👇

[Permafrost Pathways @PermafrostPaths]

📰 ICYMI: The latest #PermafrostPathways quarterly newsletter dropped last month!

Read more about what our project has been up to and how we've been communicating the impacts of permafrost thaw across the globe this spring.

➡️ https://t.co/xPNON9VxFa

[Arctic Council @ArcticCouncil]

#Arctic tundra is the northernmost biome. It's a vast, dry landscape that's frozen most of the year. Most tundra contains #permafrost.

Tundra #wildfires are rare, but due to warming 🌡️ & more ⚡, tundra fires are expected to increase & can release massive amounts of methane.

[Jess Howard @thatsjessedup]

@g_fiske — master of maps, fantastic mentor, wonderful teammate, better friend. So grateful to work on this project alongside both Greg and Gary.

Please take a moment to read about the extreme tidal flooding in the Alaska Native Village of Kuigilnguq #YouAreOnNativeLand

[Greg Fiske @g_fiske]

Check out this epic new story map led by @thatsjessedup. It’s a virtual submission to the map gallery at #esriuc2024, please vote it up!

https://t.co/m5rJ3UyB7x

[Permafrost Pathways @PermafrostPaths]

🗺️ Check out our new #PermafrostPathways StoryMap that covers how former Tribal Liaison Gary Evon and @g_fiske co-produced a map that illustrates extreme tidal flooding in the Alaska Native Village of Kuigilnguq.

https://t.co/ESNUfxuFvA

[Daniela De Lorenzo @DanieDeLorenzo]

And some very interesting presentations at #ArcticCongressBodø2024!
"Although there’s Google Maps, there's still a lot of value in bringing maps to a meeting with Indigenous communities, it's a tool for interacting," said @g_fiske from @WoodwellClimate (8/8)

[Greg Fiske @g_fiske]

We spent an extraordinary 3 days earlier this week with @ReindeerHerding colleagues and Sami reindeer herders in northern Norway. Is it possible that maps could help communicate the information needed to make wise decisions for the future of reindeer husbandry?

[Permafrost Pathways @PermafrostPaths]

🧊#PermafrostPathways is attending #ICOP2024 in Whitehorse, YT this week!

🗺 Check out this collection of maps created by the talented @cmshintani illustrating 2023 temperature and precipitation anomalies and the current extent of permafrost in Canada.

https://t.co/fZpmF7NGYW

[Permafrost Pathways @PermafrostPaths]

This week, our friend and #PermafrostPathways Tribal Liaison Morris Alexie joined @EarthRightsIntl to bring climate impact stories from the Native Village of Nunapitchuk to Manaus, Brazil in the form of a powerful testimony to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights @IACourtHR✊

[Permafrost Pathways @PermafrostPaths]

#PermafrostPathways Tribal Liaison Morris Alexie from the Alaska Native Village of Nunapitchuk (far left) was in Brazil this week for the "Public Hearing on the Advisory Opinion on “Climate Emergency and Human Rights."