Artic Tundra Case study

How many million km*2 is it?

What is the main type of rock found in the north slope region?

What is the main types of rock found in Brookes Range Mountains region?

What is an example of the above rock type?

How much precipitation per year (approximately)?

When is the colder season?

When is the warmer (growing) season?

What does most of the precipitation fall as?

What does lack of vegetation lead to little of?

What makes a impermeable layer which prevents infiltration

Is the carbon cycle slow or fast?

How many GT (Giga Tonnes) of carbon are stored here?

Where is most of this carbon stored?

What is Net Primary Productivity in grams/m*2/year?

What was found in the North Slope in the 1960s?

How much of the USA's oil and gas (%) was Alaska producing in the 1990s?

How much of the USA's oil and gas (%) is Alaska producing now?

What is it called when metropolitan areas experience significantly higher air and surface temperatures than surrounding rural areas due to human modification of the landscape, including high-density buildings and impervious surfaces (asphalt/concrete) that absorb and store heat, combined with reduced vegetation for shade and cooling (transpiration)?

What measures a surface's reflectivity, defining how much solar energy it reflects versus absorbs?

What has led to melting of the permafrost due to the urban heat island effect where dust particles cause the albedo affect and removing vegetation speeds the process of melting.

How many millions of tonnes of CO2 are lost from the North Slope?

How many thousands of tonnes of methane are lost from the North Slope?

How many miles long is the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System (TAPS)?

What % of the TAPS goes over permafrost?

How are the TAPS managed to reduce impacts on the Alaskan Tundra?

How many refigerated supports are along the pipeline?

What is the pipeline built to do to prevent oil spills during an earthquake?

Who recently broke the record for longest lateral drilling tunnel on the North Slope?