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Nikolay Shiklomanov Faculty Member
Positions
- Center for Urban Environmental Research., Geography , Columbian College of Arts and Sciences 2009 -
- Professor of Geography & Associate Professor of International Affairs, Geography , Columbian College of Arts and Sciences 2019 -
Ph.D. in Climatology (2001), Department of Geography, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
Professor, Department of Geography, The George Washington University. Authored/co-Authored 88 published peer-reviewed publications and 27 chapters in books/edited volumes and other publications. Citation Index h-39 (The Highest of the GW Geography). Contributed to IPCC, Arctic Impact and State of Climate assessment reports. Since Joining GW in 2009 have served as a PI or Co-PI on 15 externally funded project with total GW budget of over $8.5 Mil. Currently (Feb 2022) manage/co-manage 10 NSF-funded projects.
Research Areas
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Affiliation
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Publications
selected publications
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abstract
- Analysis of permafrost – vegetation interactions based on long-term ground surface temperature observations 2021
- Connecting permafrost degradation and informal road network development in Subarctic taiga 2021
- Estimating Costs of Mid-21st Century Climate Change Impacts on Societies and Infrastructure in the Circumpolar Arctic 2021
- Long-Term Trends from the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) Program 2021
- Snow-cover Effects on the Active Layer Above Permafrost: Results of Long-term Ground Surface Temperature Observations in Northern Alaska 2021
- Back to the Future? Urban development in the Arctic cities of Vorkuta and Salekhard, Russia.. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. 2018
- Contemporary dynamics of active layer thickness of Northeastern Eurasia: evidence of climate warming, cooling or cyclicity?. Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. 2017
- International student Arctic Field School on Permafrost and urban areas study. Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. 2017
- Long-term comparison of Kuparuk Watershed active layer maps, northern Alaska, USA. Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. 2017
- Permafrost and urban Development in Norilsk Russia.. Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. 2017
- Rapid Arctic Transitions due to Infrastructure and Climate (RATIC): An ICARP III initiative focusing on the cumulative effects of Arctic infrastructure and climate change. XI. International Conference On Permafrost Exploring Permafrost in a Future Earth. 2016
- All Fall Down? Urban Infrastructure and Permafrost in the Russian Arctic. Exploring Permafrost In a Future Earth, Abstracts to the XI. International Conference on Permafrost 20 – 24 June 2016, Potsdam, Germany. 2016
- Comparison of measured air and soil-surface temperatures with satellite trends of increasing phytomass in northern Alaska. Exploring Permafrost in a Future Earth, Abstracts of the XI. International Conference On Permafrost. 2016
- Mapping landscape level changes in plant communities and impacts on permafrost dynamics in Siberia. XI. International Conference On Permafrost Exploring Permafrost in a Future Earth. 2016
- Thaw subsidence in undisturbed landscapes, Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A.. XI. International Conference On Permafrost Exploring Permafrost in a Future Earth. 2016
- The experience of the international field student courses on permafrost in northern Siberia. XI. International Conference On Permafrost Exploring Permafrost in a Future Earth. 2016
- Thermal state dynamics of permafrost basement on engineering objects in cryolithozone of Russia. XI. International Conference On Permafrost Exploring Permafrost in a Future Earth. 2016
- Traditional and urban-industrial impacts on permafrost change. XI. International Conference On Permafrost Exploring Permafrost in a Future Earth. 2016
- Twenty years of active layer monitoring in Northern Alaska: Results and lessons learned. XI. International Conference On Permafrost Exploring Permafrost in a Future Earth. 2016
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academic article
- Cool, CALM, collected: the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring program and network. Polar Geography,. 2021
- Informal road networks and sustainability of Siberian boreal forest landscapes: case study of the Vershina Khandy taiga.. Environ. Res. Lett.. 2021
- Long-term Trends from the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Program in Alaskan Tundra Landscapes. Polar Geography. 2021
- Long-term active layer monitoring at CALM sites in the Russian European North,. Polar Geography. 2021
- Terrestrial Permafrost. In “State of the Climate in 2020”. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 2021
- All Fall Down? Urban Infrastructure and Permafrost in the Russian Arctic. Russian Analytical Digest #261, 7-13. 2020
- Fällt alles zusammen? Urbane Infrastruktur und Permafrost in der russischen Arktis. Aus Russland-Analysen Nr.392, 13-17.. 2020
- Terrestrial Permafrost. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 2020
- Dealing with the Bust in Vorkuta, Russia. Land Use Policy. 2020
- Assessment of the cost of climate change impacts on critical infrastructure in the circumpolar Arctic. Polar Geography. 2019
- Terrestrial Permafrost. In “State of the Climate in 2018. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,. 2019
- Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Buildings, Structures and Infrastructure in the Russian Regions on Permafrost. Environmental Research Letters. 2019
- Contours of the Russia’s Arctic futures: experience of integrated scenario-building till 2050. Annals of the of the Russian State Hydrometeorological University. 2018
- A Story of the Fastest Shrinking City in the Russian Arctic. FOCUS on Geography. 2018
- Land Cover Change in the Lower Yenisei River Using Dense Stacking of Landsat Imagery in Google Earth Engine.. Remote Sensing. 2018
- Terrestrial Permafrost. In “State of the Climate in 2017”. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 2018
- Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI): Facing the Challenges and Pathways of Global Change in the 21st Century. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 2017
- Long‐term changes in the ground thermal regime of an artificially drained thaw‐lake basin in the Russian European north. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 2017
- Seasonal thawing of soils in the Beringia region in changing climatic conditions. Arctic Environmental Research. 2017
- Climatic- and Anthropogenic- Induced Land Cover Change around Norilsk, Russia. Polar Geography. 2017
- Norilsk, A truly Arctic City. Polar Geography. 2017
- State of the Climate in 2016: Permafrost thermal state. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 2017
- State of the Climate in 2016: Terrestrial Permafrost. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 2017
- Conquering the permafrost: urban infrastructure development in Norilsk, Russia. Polar Geography. 2017
- Climate Change and Stability of Urban Infrastructure in Russian Permafrost Regions: Prognostic Assessment based on GCM Climate Projections. Geographical Review. 2017
- Traditional Iñupiat Ice Cellars (SIĠḷUAQ) in Barrow, Alaska: Characteristics, Temperature Monitoring, and Distribution. Geographical Review. 2017
- Thaw Subsidence in Undisturbed Tundra Landscapes, Barrow, Alaska, 1962–2015. Permafrost and Periglac. Process. 2016
- Terrestrial Permafrost. In in “State of the Climate in 2015”. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 2016
- Land Cover and Land Use Changes in the Oil and Gas Regions of Northwestern Siberia under Changing Climatic Conditions. Environmental Research Letters. 2015
- Arctic Cities, Permafrost and Changing Climatic Conditions. Proceedings to 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference. 21-23 September 2015. 2015
- Permafrost Hydrology in Changing Climatic Conditions: Seasonal Variability of Stable Isotope Composition in Rivers in Discontinuous Permafrost. Environmental Research Letters. 2015
- Permafrost. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 2015
- Isotropic Thaw Subsidence in Undisturbed Permafrost Landscapes. Geophysical Research Letters. 2013
- Permafrost [in Arctic Report Card 2013]. NOAA Arctic Report Card. 2013
- Permafrost: state of climate in 2012. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 2013
- Living in the New North: Migration to and from Russian Arctic Cities. Focus on Geography. 2012
- Hazardous Geotechnical Problems of Arctic Cities. Geography Environment Sustainability. 2012
- Effect of Vegetation on Soil-Surface Temperatures in Northern Alaska. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Permafrost. 2012
- Infrastructure and a Changing Climate in the Russian Arctic: A geographic Impact Assessment. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Permafrost. 2012
- Northern Hemisphere Component of the Global Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) Program. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Permafrost. 2012
- Spatial variability of permafrost active-layer thickness under contemporary and projected climate in Northern Alaska,. Polar Geography. 2012
- Permafrost Infrastructure and Climate Change: A GIS-based landscape approach. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2012
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book
- The Main Natural and Sosio-Economic Consequences of Climate Change in Permafrost Areas: A Forecast Based upon a Synthesis of Observations and Modeling. Sovet Greenpeace, Moscow, Russia. 2010
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chapter
- Shrinking Cities, Growing Cities: A Comparative Analysis of Vorkuta and Salekhard. Arctic Urban Sustainability: Measuring Progress in Circumpolar Cities. 2020
- Changing permafrost and its impacts. Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017. 2017
- All Fall Down? Arctic Cities through the Prism of Permafrost.. Sustaining Russia’s Arctic Cities. 2016
- Active Layer and Thaw Processes. Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. 2013
- Thawing Processes and Thermokarst. A Treatise on Geomorphology. 2013
- Continental Permafrost.. Modern Methods of climate change assessments in Russia. 2012
- Effect of Cryosphere Changes on Siberian Infrastructure. Environmental Changes in Siberia: Regional Changes and their Global Consequences. 2012
- Changing Permafrost and its Impacts. Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA): Climate Change and the Cryosphere. 2011
- The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network- CALM III (2009-2014): Long-term Observations on the Climate-ActiveLayer-Permafrost System. Ambientes periglaciares permafrost y variabilidad climatic. 2010
- Active-layer processes. Encyclopaedia of Quaternary Sciences. 2006
- Polar Regions Arctic and Antarctic. Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, the Contribution of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Third Assessment Review. 2001
- Introduction and Alaska. The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring CALM program: research designs and initial results. 2000
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conference paper
- Indigenous and Urban Permafrost Infrastructure: Examples from the Alaskan and Russian Arctic. 2019
- Impacts of Permafrost Warming and Degradation on Rural and Urban Communities: Examples from Alaskan and Russian Arctic 2019
- The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network-CALM: Long-term Observations on the Climate-Active Layer-Permafrost System 2019
- Cost of Permafrost 2018
- Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) Program: Results and Future Directions 2018
- Temporal Variability of the Active-Layer Thickness on the North Slope of Alaska: Results from 23 years of Observations at Alaskan CALM Sites 2018
- Back To the Future? Urban development in the Arctic Cities of Vorkuta and Salekhard, 2018
- Permafrost and urban Development in Norilsk Russia. 2017
- Impacts of socioeconomic and climatic changes on urban infrastructure in the Russian Arctic. 2017
- Climate Change and Stability of Urban Infrastructure in Russian Permafrost Regions: Prognostic Assessment based on GCM Climate Projections, 2016
- Arctic Urban sustainability and Permafrost 2016
- Twenty One Years of Active Layer Monitoring in Northern Alaska: Results and Lessons Learned 2016
- Climate Change and Urban Infrastructure: Quantitative Assessment for Russian Permafrost Regions 2016
- CALM at 21: long-term monitoring of the active layer/upper permafrost system, Annual 2015
- Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) program: long-term monitoring of the active layer/upper permafrost system 2015
- Arctic Urban Sustainability in Russia and Climate Change: an overview of recent research. 2015
- Climate-induced changes in stability of Russian urban infrastructure built on permafrost 2015
- Linkages between Natural and Socio-Economic systems in the Eurasian Arctic 2015
- Arctic Cities and Climate Change: A Geographic Impact Assessment 2014
- Change in streamflow across Eurasian pan-Arctic, contemporary trajectories and possible causes. 2014
- Long-term observations on ground subsidence in undisturbed Alaska landscapes 2014
- Arctic cities and climate change: climate-induced changes in stability of Russian urban infrastructure built on permafrost. 2014
- Finding Hope in the Darkest of Days: Sustaining the Urban Core of Noril’sk under Changing Socio-Economic and Climatic Conditions 2014
- Isotropic Thaw Subsidence in Undisturbed Permafrost Landscapes 2013
- Active L:ayer: Data awailablity and Analysis 2013
- Building a Research Network for Promoting Arctic Urban Sustainability in Russia 2013
- Climate Change and Infrustructure development in the Russian Arctic 2013
- Active layer thickness and thaw subsidence in permafrost terrain: results from long-term observations near Barrow, Alaska 2012
- Arctic Urban Development and Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future of Russian Urban Infrastructure in permafrost regions. 2012
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report
- Permafrost 2014
- Observations: Cryosphere 2013
presentations
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presentation
- Urban Sustainability and Climatic Changes: Past, Present, and Future of the Russian Arctic Cities., The Rutgers Initiative on Climate and Society lecture series, Rutgers University, New Jersey 2012
- All Fall Down? Arctic infrastructure and Climate change, Arctic Science Summit Week 2011, Seoul, Korea 2011
- Permafrost, Society, and Climate Change, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies lecture series, Georg Washington University, Washington DC 2011
- Geographic Assessment of Vulnerability of Human Infrastructure to Permafrost Changes, Joint Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria 2010
- The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network--CALM III: Long-term Observations on the Climate-Active Layer-Permafrost System, Beringia Days 2009, Anadyr’, Chukotka, Russia 2009
- Arctic Geography, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Geography 2007
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Research
principal investigator on
- NNA: Collaborative Research: The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network - CALM V (2014-2024): Long-term Observations on the Climate-Active Layer-Permafrost System awarded by National Science Foundation
- The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network-CALM IV(2014-2019): Long-term Observations on the Climate-Active Layer-Permafrost System ($1,293,498) awarded by NSF
co-principal investigator on
- ARCTIC-ERA: ARCTIC climate change and its impact on Environment, infrastructures, and Resource Availability
- ARCtic Urban SUStainability in Russia (ARCSUS)
- Coastal OceAn SusTainability in Changing Climate (COAST)
- Collaborative Research: Change, Resilience, and Sustainability of Frozen Commons in Alaskan and Northeastern Siberian Communities awarded by NSF
- Collaborative Research: Interactions between air temperature, permafrost and hydrology in the high latitudes of Eurasia
- Collaborative Research: NNA Collaboratory: Measuring Urban Sustainability in Transition (MUST): Co-Designing Future Arctic Cities in the Anthropocene awarded by NSF
- Informal Roads: The Impact of Undocumented Transportation Pathways on Remote Communities in Siberia awarded by National Science Foundation
- NNA-Track 1: Collaborative Research: Navigating Convergent Pressures on Arctic Resources. awarded by National Science Foundation
- Partnership for International Research and Education(PIRE)) project “Promoting Urban Sustainability in the Arctic awarded by NSF
- RCN-SEES: Building a Research Network for Promoting Arctic Urban Sustainability in Russia
- Rapid Arctic Environmental Changes:implications for well-being, resilience and Evolution of Arctic communities
- Supplement to the Informal Roads: The Impact of Undocumented Transportation Pathways on Remote Communities in Siberia project awarded by NSF
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Teaching
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Service
professional service activities
- International Permafrost Association Member 2009 -
- United States Permafrost Association Member 2005 -
- American Geophysical Union Member 1998 -
- Association of American Geographers Member 1996 -
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Background
education and training
- B.S. degree in Physics, Department of Physics, St. Petersburg University, Russia
- M.A. degree in Geography, Department of Geography and Planning, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY
- Ph.D. degree in Climatology, Department of Geography, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
awards and honors
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Contact
full name
- Nikolay Shiklomanov
mailing address
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2036 H St NW
Samson Hall 202
Washington, DC 20052
USA
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