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Arctic Resilience: Fire, Food, Contaminant, and Education Nexus along the Yukon River Watershed

River watersheds are among the most complex terrestrial features in Alaska, performing valuable ecosystem functions and providing services for human society. Rivers are vital to b…

Environmental Justice, Toxicology and Politics

The Earth and all its inhabitants, including humans, regardless of color, race, income level, or nationality, should be treated with respect as to the implementation and / or enfo…

Monitoring the Health of Wildlife and their Ecosystems in the Arctic: Hg Toxicology and Stable Isotope

A major survival issue affecting wildlife ecosystems globally is climate change. Climate change fluctuations impact not only atmospheric weather, but also river watersheds and oce…

Sea Otters, Mercury, and Monitoring Climate Change

An increase in mobility of heavy metals, like mercury (Hg), has the potential to be one of the climate change related impacts on Arctic and sub-Arctic ecosystems. Sea level rise a…

A Forensic Evaluation: the use of Mercury and Stable Isotope analysis of Museum Bone Samples to Monitor if Environmental Changes are affecting the Eating Patterns of Red and Arctic Foxes

Global climate changes can potentially impact the ecosystems of the red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and Arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) on a regional scale. This research takes a forensic…

Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes of A Sentinel Species, the Western Alaska Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes)

Mercury (Hg) is a metal of both natural and anthropogenic origins that bioaccumulates in wildlife. Environmental risk assessments to arctic wildlife, such as the red fox (Vulpes v…

Methyl Mercury, Adipokines, 3T3-L1 Cells and Diabetes

Diabetes is a contributor to morbidity across the globe and is often associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome. In addition to genetic and lifestyle factors, environmental fa…

Glucose Transporter 4, Biomarker Development and Metabolic Syndrome in the Arctic

A general hindrance to research and clinical surveillance in the Arctic and sub-Arctic is the lack of early measured, supporting biomarkers for risk assessment. The increasing prev…

Climate Change, One Health and Mercury

Climate change is occurring on both regional and global scales. The use and global distribution of toxic metals is increasing and affecting environmental, animal and human heal…