engagement | AK CASC

USGS salmon research features at Yukon River Panel preseason meeting

By Christian Thorsberg | April 25, 2025

A small fish with a brown back, white belly, and black spots on its side swims through a black background.

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

By Christian Thorsberg | February 20, 2025

A hand holds a pile of red and orange salmonberries in front of green leaves.

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

By Christian Thorsberg | February 4, 2025

Three fish with black, green, and white bodies are held in two hands against a black background.

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

By Christian Thorsberg | November 5, 2024

Three women, wearing orange life vests, face forward while leaning against the bow of a blue boat with other boats in the background.

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

By Christian Thorsberg | September 16, 2024

A group of people stand watch a shirtless man in shorts gesture while standing in over a foot of mud in a taro field.

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

Alaska CASC at AGU 2023

By Mike Delue | December 4, 2023

Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center at AGU.

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

By Mike Delue | November 27, 2023

Eight people, attached together by a rope, walk in a single file line through the snow with trekking poles and snowshoes.

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

By Molly Tankersley | November 9, 2022

a woman with long brown hair, bangs, and glasses, speaks into a microphone in front of a screen showing images of flooding with the title "Relocation, Managed Retreat, and Protect-in-place Realities of Climagration."

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

By Mike Delue | August 23, 2022

Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center 2022 in review.

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

By Mike Delue | January 10, 2022

Five people, dressed in coats and knit caps, are outside in the snow with trees in the background, while one holds a drone and another kneels, holding the controller.

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…