Climate change | AK CASC

USGS salmon research features at Yukon River Panel preseason meeting

April 25, 2025

Vanessa von Biela’s studies on heat stress, spawning, and salmon mothers received great attention from U.S. and Canadian leaders.

Monitoring Glacier Changes: Tools and Techniques

April 15, 2025

Faded image of the glacier from a helicopter: "Monitoring Glacial Changes - Tools and Techniques"

Each tool scientists use to study the Mendenhall GLOF serves a specific purpose and helps reveal how much water is stored in the basin, when drainage begins, and how the basin itself is changing over time.

Kenai Peninsula Communities Struggle for Baseline Water Data Amid Climate Uncertainty

April 8, 2025

As temperatures rise on the peninsula, freshwater quality is expected to change — affecting both salmon and humans, new CASC-funded research suggests.

Storymap details Mendenhall Glacier and Glacier Lake Outburst Flooding

April 1, 2025

Screenshot of storymap: Glacier Outburst Floods: Mendenhall Glacier. Every year since 2022, Juneau, Alaska has been impacted by a unique type of flood that can only occur near places with glaciers.

Every year since 2011, Juneau, Alaska, has been impacted by a unique type of flood that can only occur near places with glaciers.

In Metlakatla, Salmonberries Speak and Tell Time

February 20, 2025

Throughout the Berry Futures project, it became clear: Berries gather people, as much as people gather berries.

Food Systems in Focus as New Ambassadors Program Launches

February 4, 2025

The first-ever cohort of Alaska CASC Ambassadors will lead three new research projects on invasive European green crab, Kodiak Island’s food systems, and mariculture policy.

How a single Twitter DM, sent years ago, sparked an AK CASC effort to prepare a new generation of science communications

January 13, 2025

When the pandemic reinforced the importance of responsible science communication, two Alaska scientists hatched big plans.

Introducing Seven Newly Funded Alaska CASC Research Projects

January 3, 2025

Salmon, caribou, permafrost, and wildfire are just some of the priority areas identified by this year’s primary investigators.

Summer 2025 science communication internship applications will open January 2025*.

December 5, 2024

*Pending final approvals. The application and details will be posted on the UA Careers portal and will be linked here. In the meantime, read more about the internship below. USGS scientists and 2024 interns collecting…

AK CASC Tribal Liaisons and Researchers Lead and Learn at Historic Tribal Climate Conference

October 23, 2024

Hundreds of Indigenous leaders, knowledge holders, artists and scientists, along with many non-Indigenous partners, were welcomed to Anchorage in September for the National Tribal and Indigenous Climate Conference (NTICC), the first ever national tribal conference addressing climate change held in Alaska.