The Permafrost Discovery Gateway (PDG) hosts a monthly webinar series on a Thursday at 09:00 Alaska time. They invite speakers who are potential users of the PDG and who have an understanding of communities’ permafrost-related geospatial data & tool needs. The webinar series aims to 1) build connections between people interested in permafrost-related geospatial data; and 2) give the PDG development team a better understanding of end-users’ needs when addressing permafrost thaw hazards.
Join them for each webinar via zoom link here.
Upcoming Webinars
“Geospatial Data to Support Hazard Mitigation and Response in Alaska”
14 November 2024 at 9:00 Alaska time
Gary Greenberg
Alaska Map Company
Communities of Alaska are prone to natural hazards but often lack access to current and accurate geospatial data to plan for, mitigate and respond to these hazards efficiently. Regional or federal organizations may have available hazard data but local infrastructure data is often absent, creating an incomplete picture of the risk. Completing the picture will require collaboration across the various stakeholders to elevate the capacity though standards and processes making accessible tools and data otherwise missing. In this presentation, I will be going over examples of Alaskan communities using geospatial tools and common datasets required, and often absent, to respond to natural hazards from mitigation to recovery to help inform the development of a critical piece of the permafrost framework.
Alaska Tribal Landfills: Permafrost Data Needs
5 December 2024 at 9:00 Alaska time
Sela Tahiry
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid waste practices employed by rural Alaskan tribal governments may be contributing to human and environmental health impacts, which may be exacerbated with the loss of permafrost and increased erosion. In some communities, human waste, household hazardous waste, and electronic waste are co-mingled with typical solid waste in Class III landfills. The landfill heat and loss of permafrost may be causing the transport of contaminants into land and water resources. Determining a conceptual site model for each landfill is a priority to determine the fate and transport of the potential contaminants of concern but the lack of subsurface data is an obstacle.