Greg Fiske

Mapping at 70°N

In Kautokeino this week facilitating a workshop with the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry. Helping the Sámi community use cartography to protect and communicate their traditional herding practices. 🦌🗺️

“Design is analysis, performed through composition rather than computation.”

#maps #cartography #dataviz

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The topography of Greenland/Kalaallit Nunaat is a perpetual fascination.
#Greenland #GIS #maps #earthart

Honored to join the Harvard Arctic Initiative workshop in Yellowknife this week, ancestral home of the Yellowknives Dene. We worked with leaders from 14 communities to create a community-driven action plan for permafrost thaw. As always, maps were key to communication & knowledge transfer🗺️

En route to Yellowknife NWT just in time for some real winter weather 🥶

We are kicking off the mappiest week of the year - our first Map Bracket Showdown! Starting today, we’ll post head to head competitions of some of @gfiske.bsky.social gorgeous storytelling, and innovative data visualizations.

Vote for your favorites and learn about the science behind the art.

Day 1️⃣ of Climate Week

Stay tuned for updates from our panel discussions and partner collaborations.

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Spent a rainy but productive day on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. with our Government Relations and @permafrostpathways.bsky.social teams. The importance of using maps to communicate our science was a key topic of discussion. The map tie also received several compliments :)

Join our list between September 8 and October 17, and you’ll be entered into our email raffle for a chance to win a beautiful printed map by Woodwell Climate’s own @gfiske.bsky.social

Returned to my desk this week to find that the kind folks at Google Earth Outreach have uploaded the entire latest version of the ArcticDEM mosaic (v4.1) to the GEE archive.

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Presently cleaning ~17tb from my hard drive :)

This map from @cmshintani.bsky.social shows the range of the nomadic Dukha reindeer herders on the high taiga of northwest Mongolia.

Woodwell Climate Conversations: Mapping the Arctic, Charting the Future Harnessing finance and science to scale nature-based climate solutions.

If you happen to be visiting Cape Cod next week, stop by, have a drink, and join Sue Natali and I for a discussion about maps 😎

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A 17km horseback trek brought us to the Dukha reindeer herders' autumn camp in the West Taiga this week. We're here to co-create maps, sharing the story of their nomadic life and how they're navigating climate change and land use changes.
Drone 📸: IG @l.s_ragchaa
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And we’re already hard at work discussing map information.

Starlink

After many days of travel: inc four flights, 8 hours of 4x4 off roading, and a half day (and into the night) on horseback, we’ve reached the Dukha reindeer camp on the east taiga of Mongolia, just 10 miles from the Russian border. And they have starlink! 🙂

Excited to be visiting a new (to me) part of the permafrost region this month, with friend/colleague Marina Tonkopeeva of the International Centre for Reindeer husbandry, new collaborators from the Dukha indigenous community, and local science experts. I wonder what maps will come of this trip?!

Yes, we have (temporary) Arctic map tattoos… 😎

#climate #arctic #warming #maps
📸 by Jess Howard

Great week at #EsriUC2025 with the @woodwellclimate.bsky.social team! Our @permafrostpathways.bsky.social booth was a hit, making many new connections… and Woodwell maps were everywhere, from the map gallery, plenary, to a main hall mural.

🗺 This week, our team is raising awareness about Arctic change at #EsriUC2025 in San Diego. Today, @cmshintani.bsky.social's “Navigating the new Arctic"—co-produced with Sámi partners at the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry —is featured in the Map Gallery.

Very much appreciate the shout out by Jack here for Woodwell maps. This particular map is a @cmshintani.bsky.social original that elegantly highlights a small portion of our nearly two decade research in the Congo.

Meet our new Cartography Intern, Nicole Pepper! ‪(@maps-and-pepper.bsky.social). Stay tuned for more data visualization projects from her, including this map showing a late June heat dome that brought record temperatures to the Northeast.

A beautiful map with a touch of infographic goodness!

Unpacking the Recent Heat Wave with an animation of NOAA's Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) data 🗺️
Stay cool this summer folks!

Black, blue, gray and yellow stereographic map depicts permafrost extent and the boreal forest ecoregion in the circumpolar north. Text: Data: Gruber, S, 2012. Ecoregions 2017 Resolve

Our boreal fire team @woodwellclimate.bsky.social is in D.C. this week to discuss responses+solutions to address the severe northern #wildfires impacting people, animals, and ecosystems.

We'll be adding to this resource 🧵, so please let us know what you'd like to see.
(🗺️ by @cmshintani.bsky.social)

Taking a quick peek at firesmoke.ca/data/ ... things are heating up.

From extreme storms, to record drought, wildfires, severe flooding, and warming temperatures, the reality is today’s climate is already creating unlivable conditions for communities.

These maps by @cmshintani.bsky.social show climate change and its damaging symptoms.

'tis the season... Happy Mountainfilm everyone! 🎥✨

📸: Palma Caruso

Climate Adaptation Specialist Brooke Woods invited to speak at Mountainfilm 2025 - Permafrost Pathways

⛰️ We're thrilled that Brooke Woods, Alaska Native fishing rights advocate and Climate Adaptation Specialist at @woodwellclimate.bsky.social, is speaking at #Mountainfilm Festival tomorrow!

🐟 Learn more about Woods, her work advocating for Alaska Native-led salmon fisheries, and the esteemed panel:

We are sending huge congratulations to @gfiske.bsky.social whose maps highlighting Arctic change will be displayed in an iconic mural location in Telluride, CO for an entire year. Here's a peek at the mural unveiled at Mountainfilm this week.

(📸 : Stash Wislocki)