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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.

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.

Inaugural Alaska CASC Interns Shine, Communicating Science Stories Across the State

November 5, 2024

A children’s book, museum exhibit and media kit were just some of the science storytelling projects completed during the internship

At latest PI-AK exchange, subsistence and sovereignty take center stage

September 16, 2024

The two CASCs shared ocean-spanning reflections at the Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference in late July.

Alaska CASC at AGU 2023

December 4, 2023

A photo of mountains in the background, with a foreground of mountaineers climing a glacier wall.

The American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco will feature posters, talks, innovation sessions, and other science presentations by AK CASC researchers.

Visit the UAF booth to connect with other Alaska researchers and graduate students including those from the AK CASC and our frequent collaborators. To find out more about presentations from other regional CASC visit the guide from the National Climate Adaptation Science Center.

Applications open for tuition-free youth science and art expeditions

November 27, 2023

A group of young women traverse a glacier on a rope safety line under a gray sky.

Inspiring Girls* Expeditions Alaska is inviting applications for a unique suite of tuition-free backcountry science and art education programs in summer 2024.

Speaking the language of adaptation: AK CASC climate training brings Tribal communities together

November 9, 2022

a woman speaks into a microphone in front of a screen showing images of flooding

As severe weather increases across Alaska, climate adaptation in rural Alaska is a growing task for Alaska Tribes. Earlier this month, a cohort representing twelve Alaska tribal communities across western and interior Alaska gathered at…

Annual Report – 2022 Year in Review

August 23, 2022

The AK CASC Annual Report 2022 highlights developments over the last year while also diving deeper into the work of our scientists and staff.

Drone project brings together Coast Guard, researchers, village leadership, and private partners in Fairbanks and Anchorage

January 10, 2022

A bird’s-eye-view of the land would be incredibly useful to the coastal community of Unalakleet in remote western Alaska. The view from above could map landscape changes, assist in responding to emergency scenarios, and support…