Beaufort Sea Data Visualizations
December 19, 2024
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The Arctic Ocean is undergoing dramatic sea ice reduction and warming conditions. The researchers of this project use microfossils from sediment cores taken in the Beaufort Sea to rebuild the climate patterns, sea ice and circulation, and ecosystems from the past 2000 years. Three interactive data visualizations help tell this story:
- Beaufort Sea sediment coring
- Beaufort Sea microorganism species
- Beaufort Sea timeline
The Beaufort Sea data visualizations are part of the Earth in Flux chart gallery, which is a shared initiative between the USGS Water Mission Area and Ecosystems Mission Area to communicate key findings of USGS land change science in innovative ways, and to encourage creativity, exploration, and community in data visualization across USGS mission areas.
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