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Lara's Spatial Ecology Lab

We address the fundamental effects of space on dynamic species-to-community interactions that govern function

Author: mjlara

My research strives to advance our understanding of how Arctic and Boreal (permafrost landscapes) ecosystems have/will respond to climate change and disturbance (permafrost degradation, wildfire, & herbivory). Ecosystem responses to such events are complicated, varying quite dramatically over space and time. Therefore, my research focuses on disentangling this ecological puzzle using a multi-scale observation trifecta (ground-based monitoring, aerial/satellite remote sensing, and empirical/machine-learning/process-based modeling).
Posted on January 1, 2022January 10, 2022

Arctic Report Card- Tundra Greenness 2021

New essay published this week in NOAA Arctic Report Card!

Posted on December 20, 2021January 10, 2022

Arctic Fires Are Melting Permafrost That Keeps Carbon Underground

Research featured in Bloomburg News

Posted on December 15, 2021January 10, 2022

Study: Fire hastens permafrost collapse in Arctic Alaska

Research featured in the Illinois News Bureau

Posted on December 10, 2021January 10, 2022

Thermokarst acceleration in Arctic tundra driven by climate change and fire disturbance

New article published this week in “One Earth“!

Posted on November 19, 2021November 19, 2021

Recent warming reverses forty-year decline in Catastrophic lake drainage and hastens Gradual lake drainage across northern Alaska

Letter in Environmental Research Letters published this week!

Posted on November 5, 2021January 10, 2022

The Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD)

New article published this week in “Earth System Science Data”!

Posted on November 2, 2021November 19, 2021

Resilience and sensitivity of ecosystem carbon stocks to fire-regime change in Alaskan tundra

Article published in Science of the Total Environment this week!

Posted on August 31, 2021August 31, 2021

Tundra Greenness – State of the Climate 2020

New essay published this week in BAMS state of the climate report!

Posted on July 21, 2021August 31, 2021

DOE grant awarded to Lara

Lara and colleagues from the Sandia National Laboratory received funding to investigate Arctic peatland fire dynamics in Alaska, to start Fall 2021.

Posted on February 25, 2021March 7, 2021

Periglacial Lake Origin Influences the Likelihood of Lake Drainage in Northern Alaska

New article published this week in Remote Sensing!

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News

  • The Changing Face of the Arctic: Four Decades of Greening and Implications for Tundra Ecosystems
  • A 20 m spatial resolution peatland extent map of Alaska
  • NOAA 2024 Arctic Report Card
  • Tundra fires and surface subsidence increase spectral diversity on the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
  • A Labeling Intercomparison of Retrogressive Thaw Slumps by a Diverse Group of Domain Experts
  • The Arctic: Tundra Greenness

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Research

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Teaching

  • Plant Biology
  • Geography and GIS

People

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  • Postdoc Position Available!

2023 Alaska Fieldwork (Noatak National Preserve)

2022 Alaska Fieldwork (Brooks Range to Arctic Coastal Plain)

lake drainage
tundra carbon flux
NDVI shrub
NDVI bog
NDVI
collapse scar bog
collapse scar bog

2021 Alaska Fieldwork (Brooks Foothills)

2020 Fieldwork

2019 Alaska Fieldwork (Arctic Coastal Plain)

aerenchyma
old pit
old pit
drained lake
2015 drained
Pits
1976 drained lake
Moss in old pits
pit
recent pit
ALD
recently formed pit
recent pit
Pits
Dr. Andresen setting up mesocosm
recently formed pit
recent pit
Mavic + Rededge
2015 drained via gully

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