Annual Report – 2023 Year in Review

August 23, 2023

The AK CASC Annual Report 2023 highlights developments over the last year while also diving deeper into the work of our scientists and staff.

USGS releases new water cycle illustrations

January 6, 2023
Water Cycle illustration.

The USGS has published a series of water cycle diagrams which illustrate the flow of water through natural and human-impacted earth systems. Whether as frozen highways, churning seas, or thawed rivers and streams full of…

Annual Report – 2021 Year in Review

September 3, 2021

The AK CASC Annual Report 2021 highlights developments over the last year while also diving deeper into the work of our scientists and staff.

Runoff from melting Juneau Icefield increases

July 19, 2021
Researchers travel by ski to remote locations on the Juneau Icefield to collect snow and melt measurements in April 2015.

Glacier runoff from one of the largest icefields in North America has been increasing for more than three decades, AK CASC researchers have found. As the Juneau Icefield continues to lose mass, the flow will…

Hidden Water: View the Suicide Basin Story Map

September 3, 2020
cover of the suicide basin outburst flood story map

Each year since 2011, flooding from Suicide Basin, a glacier-dammed lake along Mendenhall Glacier, has impacted residents in the highly populated Mendenhall Valley in Juneau. AK CASC scientists at the University of Alaska Southeast have…

Annual Report – 2020 Year in Review

July 13, 2020
AK CASC Annual Report 2020

The AK CASC Annual Report 2020 highlights developments over the last year while also diving deeper into the work of our scientists and staff.