- 2024-2025 Annual Report
UVA Environmental Institute | Sep 2025 - Life at the Top: Climate Change in Utqiaġvik, Alaska
UVA Engagement | Mar 2025 - UVA Students Pursue Studies to the Arctic Circle
UVA Environmental Institute | Jan 2025 - A New Climate Collaborative to Address Snowpack and Extreme Melt in Arctic Cities
UVA Environmental Institute | Oct 2024 - Book Release: Design and The Built Environment of the Arctic by Leena Cho and Matthew Jull
UVA School of Architecture | Mar 2024 - Annual Research Achievement Awards Honor School of Architecture Faculty Members
UVA School of Architecture | Feb 2022 - NSF Grant Funding UVA Researchers’ Efforts in Arctic Community
UVAToday | Sep 2020
In Print
Recent Publications by UVA|ARC Team MembersBooks and Book Chapters
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L. Cho. 2022.
Climate Inquiries from Arctic Fieldwork. In R. Monacella and B. Keane (eds.). Studio Ecologies for Unpredictable Futures: Designing Landscape Architectural Education. New York, NY: Routledge.
246 p. paperpack.
438 Pages.
ISBN 9780367703653.
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Cho, L., and M. Jull. 2023. Grounding Design in the Arctic. In L. Cho and M. Jull (eds.). Design and the Built Environment of the Arctic. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN: 9780367234423.
- Cho, L., and M. Jull. (eds.). 2024. Design and the Built Environment of the Arctic. New York, NY: Routledge. 246 p. paperpack. ISBN 978-1-032-66770-6.
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Jull, M., and L. Cho. 2025. Outside the Operating Envelope. In: K. M’Closkey and K. VanDerSys (eds.). Media Matters in Landscape Architecture. Applied Research and Design Publishing (ORO Editions), Novato, CA, USA. ISBN: 978-1-957183-67-1.
- Wylie, C.D., 2021. Preparing dinosaurs: The work behind the scenes. MIT Press.
- Wylie, C.D., 2022. Undergraduate research in engineering. The Cambridge handbook of undergraduate research, pp.222-229.
- Wylie, C.D., 2023. Earth Sciences from the Perspectives of Science and Technology Studies. Pages 1-22 in Handbook of the Historiography of the Earth and Environmental Sciences (pp. 1-11). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Berner, L.T., Orndahl, K.M., Rose, M., Tamstorf, M., Arndal, M.F., Alexander, H.D., Humphreys, E.R., Loranty, M.M., Ludwig, S.M., Nyman, J., Juutinen, S., …& Goetz, S.J., 2024. The Arctic plant aboveground biomass synthesis dataset. Scientific data, 11(1): 305.
- Armstrong, A., Alcaraz-Segura, D., Raynolds, M. and Epstein, H., 2024. Ecosystem functional types of the circumpolar Arctic tundra based on the seasonal dynamics of vegetation productivity. Environmental Research: Ecology, 3(2): 025003.
- Afshar-Mohajer, N. and Shaban, M., 2024. Source Tracing of PM2. 5 in a Metropolitan Area Using a Low-Cost Air Quality Monitoring Network: Case Study of Denver, Colorado, USA. Atmosphere, 15(7): 797.
- Bagnato, C., Alcaraz-Segura, D., Cabello, J., Berbery, H., Epstein, H.E., Jobbágy, E. and Paruelo, J., 2024. Global ecosystem functional types.
- Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Walsh, J.E., Bieniek, P.A., Cai, L., Comiso, J.C., Epstein, H.E., Frost, G.V., Gersten, R. and Hendricks, A.S., 2021. Climate drivers of Arctic tundra variability and change using an indicators framework. Environmental Research Letters, 16(5): 055019.
- Blunden, J., Adusumilli, S., Agyakwah, W., Abida, A., Ades, M., Adler, R., Alfaro, E.J., Allan, R.P., Allgood, A., Alves, L.M., Amador, J.A., …& Veasey, S.W. 2023. State of the Climate in 2022. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104(9): 1-516.
- Bradley, H.R. 2024 Observing social-ecological design of permafrost landscapes: Grounding urban design in Utqiagvik, Alaska. Conference proceedings 12th International Conference on Permafrost, Whitehorse, Yukon, June 2024.
- Carrigan, C., and C.D. Wylie. 2023. Introduction: Caring for Equitable Relations in Interdisciplinary Collaborations. Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience, 9(2). Special section on interdisciplinary collaborations. doi: 10.28968/cftt.v9i2.41070
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CAVSI Organizing Group. (2025). The Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Science Initiative (CAVSI). Alaska Geobotany Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA. doi: 10.18739/A2T43J49W
- D'Angelo, A., Garcia-Eidell, C., Knowlton, C., Gingras, A., Morin, H., Coleman, D., Kaelblein, J., Raziuddin, H., VanKeersbilck, N., Rivera, T.J., Kopka, K., …& Loose, B., 2022. Water masses distribution in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Implementation of the Optimal MultiParameter analysis (OMP). Earth System Science Data Discussions, 2022, pp.1-24.
- DiNapoli, B. and M. Jull. 2024. Evaluating plans for sustainable development in Arctic cities. Ambio, 53(8): 1109-1123.
- Druckenmiller, M.L., Moon, T.A., Thoman, R.L., Ballinger, T.J., Berner, L.T., Bernhard, G.H., Bhatt, U.S., Bjerke, J.W., Box, J.E., Brown, R., Cappelen, J., …& Ziel, R., 2021. The Arctic. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(8): S263-S316.
- Ekimova, V., M.A. Nelson, T. Sullivan, T.A. Douglas, H.E. Epstein, and M.G. Jull. 2025. Characterizing Near-Surface Permafrost in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, using Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Ground Penetrating Radar. EGUsphere [preprint]. doi:10.5194/egusphere-2025-4702
- Foster, A.C., Wang, J.A., Frost, G.V., Davidson, S.J., Hoy, E., Turner, K.W., Sonnentag, O., Epstein, H., Berner, L.T., Armstrong, A.H. and Kang, M., 2022. Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responses. Environmental Research Letters, 17(11): 113001.
- Frost, G.V., Bhatt, U.S., Macander, M.J., Epstein, H.E., Raynolds, M.K., Waigl, C.F. and Walker, D.A., 2023. Eyes of the world on a warmer, less frozen, and greener Arctic. Global Change Biology, 29(16): 4453-4455.
- Frost, G.V., Macander, M.J., Bhatt, U.S., Berner, L.T., Bjerke, J.W., Epstein, H.E., Forbes, B.C., Lara, M.J., Magnússon, R.Í., Montesano, P.M. and Phoenix, G.K., 2023. NOAA Arctic Report Card 2023: Tundra Greenness.
- Heijmans, M.M., Magnússon, R.Í., Lara, M.J., Frost, G.V., Myers-Smith, I.H., van Huissteden, J., Jorgenson, M.T., Fedorov, A.N., Epstein, H.E., Lawrence, D.M. and Limpens, J., 2022. Tundra vegetation change and impacts on permafrost. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 3(1): 68-84.
- Hendricks, A.S., Bhatt, U.S., Frost, G.V., Walker, D.A., Bieniek, P.A., Raynolds, M.K., Lader, R.T., Epstein, H.E., Pinzon, J.E., Tucker, C.J. and Comiso, J.C., 2023. Decadal Variability in Spring Sea Ice Concentration Linked to Summer Temperature and NDVI on the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta. Earth Interactions, 27(1): p.e230002.
- Hunt, L., Lhotáková, Z., Neuwirthová, E., Klem, K., Oravec, M., Kupková, L., Červená, L., Epstein, H.E., Campbell, P. and Albrechtová, J., 2023. Leaf Functional Traits in Relation to Species Composition in an Arctic–Alpine Tundra Grassland. Plants, 12(5): 1001.
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Jull, M., and B. DiNapoli. 2024. Evaluating plans for sustainable development in Arctic cities. Ambia. 53(8).
- Kupková, L., Červená, L., Potůčková, M., Lysák, J., Roubalová, M., Hrázský, Z., Březina, S., Epstein, H.E. and Müllerová, J., 2023. Towards reliable monitoring of grass species in nature conservation: Evaluation of the potential of UAV and PlanetScope multi-temporal data in the Central European tundra. Remote Sensing of Environment, 294: 113645.
- Liu, L., Smith, J.R., Armstrong, A.H., Alcaraz-Segura, D., Epstein, H.E., Echeverri, A., Langhans, K.E., Schmitt, R.J. and Chaplin-Kramer, R., 2023. Influences of Satellite Sensor and Scale on Derivation of Ecosystem Functional Types and Diversity. Remote Sensing, 15(23), p.5593.
- Moon, T.A., Thoman, R., Druckenmiller, M.L., Ahmasuk, B., Backensto, S.A., Ballinger, T.J., Benestad, R., Berner, L.T., Bernhard, G.H., Bhatt, U.S., Bigalke, S., …& Veasey, S.W., 2023. The Arctic. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104(9): S271-S321.
- Murillo, L.F.R., Wylie, C. and Bourne, P. 2023. Critical data ethics pedagogies: Three (non-rival) approaches. Big Data & Society, 10(2): 20539517231203666.
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Murillo, L.F.R. 2023. How to avoid the infrastructural blues? Studying-while-caring for environmental data stewardship. Annals of Anthropological Practice.
- Nelson, P.R., Maguire, A.J., Pierrat, Z., Orcutt, E.L., Yang, D., Serbin, S., Frost, G.V., Macander, M.J., Magney, T.S., Thompson, D.R., Wang, J.A., …& Huemmrich, K.F., 2022. Remote sensing of tundra ecosystems using high spectral resolution reflectance: opportunities and challenges. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(2): e2021JG006697.
- Orttung, R.W., Anisimov, O., Badina, S., Burns, C., Cho, L., DiNapoli, B., Jull, M., Shaiman, M., Shapovalova, K., Silinsky, L. and Zhang, E., 2021. Measuring the sustainability of Russia’s Arctic cities. Ambio, 50, pp.2090-2103.
- Smith, J.M., Beddoes, K., Downey, G., Jesiek, B.K., Reddy, E., Riley, D., Rossmann, J.S., Wylie, C.D., York, E., da Costa Marques, I. and Konstantis, K., 2025. We have been here Before: Reflections on Engineering and Authoritarianism. Engineering Studies, pp.1-10.
- Tai, X., Epstein, H.E. and Li, B., 2021. Effects of grazing exclusion on spring and autumn pastures in arid regions of China: Insights from field surveys and landsat images. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 310: 107302.
- Tassone, M.S., Epstein, H.E., Armstrong, A.H., Bhatt, U.S., Frost, G.V., Heim, B., Raynolds, M.K. and Walker, D.A., 2024. Drivers of heterogeneity in tundra vegetation productivity on the Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia. Environmental Research: Ecology, 3(1): 015003.
- Thoman, R.L., Druckenmiller, M.L., Moon, T.A., Andreassen, L.M., Baker, E., Ballinger, T.J., Berner, L.T., Bernhard, G.H., Bhatt, U.S., Bjerke, J.W., Boisvert, L.N., …& Yang, D., 2022. The arctic. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(8): S257-S306.
- Topp, S.N., Pavelsky, T.M., Stanley, E.H., Yang, X., Griffin, C.G. and Ross, M.R., 2021. Multi-decadal improvement in US Lake water clarity. Environmental Research Letters, 16(5): 055025.
- Treat, C.C., Virkkala, A.M., Burke, E., Bruhwiler, L., Chatterjee, A., Fisher, J.B., Hashemi, J., Parmentier, F.J.W., Rogers, B.M., Westermann, S. and Watts, J.D., 2024. Permafrost carbon: Progress on understanding stocks and fluxes across northern terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129(3): e2023JG007638.
- Witharana, C., Bhuiyan, M.A.E., Liljedahl, A.K., Kanevskiy, M., Jorgenson, T., Jones, B.M., Daanen, R., Epstein, H.E., Griffin, C.G., Kent, K. and Ward Jones, M.K., 2021. An object-based approach for mapping tundra ice-wedge polygon troughs from very high spatial resolution optical satellite imagery. Remote Sensing, 13(4): 558.
- Witharana, C., Udawalpola, M.R., Perera, A.S., Hasan, A., Manos, E., Liljedahl, A., Kanevskiy, M., Jorgenson, M.T., Daanen, R., Jones, B. and Epstein, H., 2023. Ice-wedge polygon detection in satellite imagery from pan-Arctic regions, Permafrost Discovery Gateway, 2001-2021.
- Wylie, C.D., 2021. What fossil preparators can teach us about more inclusive science. Issues in Science and Technology, 38(1): 14-16.
- Wylie, C.D., 2021. The epistemic importance of novices: How undergraduate students contribute to engineering laboratory communities. Community and identity in contemporary technosciences, p.145.
- Wylie, C.D., 2024. Timing Science: The Temporal Role of Scientists in the Construction of Data. Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology, 16(2).
- Wylie, C.D., and S.J. Kim. 2022. Socialization, tacit knowledge, and conceptions of ‘experience’ among engineers. Engineering Studies, 14(1): 17-33.
- Wylie, C. and L.R., Murillo. 2023. Care-fully?: The Question of “Knowledge Co-production” in Arctic Science. Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience, 9(2). Special section on interdisciplinary collaborations. doi: 10.28968/cftt.v9i2.39359
- Epstein, H.E., Jull, M.G., Cho, L., Shaban, M., Nelson, M., Griffin, C., Wylie, C.D., Bradley, H., Murillo, L.F., Gerken, T. and Douglas, T., 2023, December. Examining Interactions between the Built and Natural Environments in an Arctic Community: an Utqiaġvik Sensor Array. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2023, No. 1431, pp. C33D-1431).
- Evans, N., Jirout, J., Scoville, J., Wylie, C. and Opila, E., 2022, August. “Where could this take me and what kind of interesting stuff could I do with that?" The role of curiosity in undergraduate learning. In 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
- Evans, N., Scoville, J., Jirout, J.J., Wylie, C.D. and Opila, E., 2023, June. Student curiosity in engineering courses and research experiences:“I'm kind of torn between being a decent student and a decent engineer.”. In 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
- Jull, M.G., Cho, L., Epstein, H.E. and Douglas, T., 2022, December. High-Resolution Data from Integrated Micrometeorological and Geophysical Studies within an Arctic City: Preliminary Results from Utqiagvik, Alaska. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2022, pp. GC42P-0906).
- Jull, M.G., DiNapoli, B. and Dawkins, M., 2022, December. Characterization of Transitional Urban Growth in an Arctic City. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2022, pp. IN32A-03).
- Murillo, L.F.R., Shaban, M., Readey, J., Gerken, T. and Epstein, H.E., 2022, December. Open Environmental Data Stewardship: Challenges and promises of FAIR-CARE integration for data protection and sharing. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2022, pp. IN26A-03).
- Nelson, M., Shaban, M., Epstein, H., Cho, L., Douglas, T., Cooke, A., Griffin, C., Jull, M., Rosado Murillo, L.F., Nelson, L. and Wylie, C., 2021, December. Understanding the Changing Natural-Built Landscape in an Arctic Community: An Integrated Sensor Study in Utqiagvik, Alaska. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2021, pp. GC55J-0532).
- Shaban, M., Epstein, H.E., Murillo, L.F., Gerken, T., Cho, L., Jull, M.G., Nelson, M., Wylie, C.D., Bradley, H., Nelson, L. and Van Metre, E., 2023, December. Spatiotemporal assessment of ground temperature hot and cold spots at urban sites in Utqiagvik, Alaska. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2023, No. 1433, pp. C33D-1433).
- Shaban, M., Nelson, M., Cho, L., Charoonsophonsak, C., Davis, G., Douglas, T., Gerken, T., Griffin, C.G., Jull, M.G., Rosado Murillo, L.F. and Nelson, L., 2022, December. Assessing Micrometeorological Differences Related to the Built Environment in Utqiagvik, Alaska. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2022, pp. GC55K-0346).
- Wylie, C.D., Murillo, L.F. and Nelson, M., 2022, December. How Research Teams Conceptualize" Co-production of Knowledge" in the Arctic. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2022, pp. SY25C-0586).
- Bradley, H.R., 2022. Past the End of the Road: Aesthetic Senses of Place along Kachemak Bay, Alaska (Doctoral dissertation, Princeton University).
- Ekimova, V., 2022. Experimental modeling of gas hydrates interaction with a salt solution in permafrost.