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USGS releases new water cycle illustrations

January 6, 2023

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…

Tuition-free girls’ wilderness expedition program accepts applications

December 16, 2021

Inspiring Girls Expeditions is inviting applications for its summer 2022, tuition-free, backcountry science and art education programs. The expeditions are open to 16-18-year-old high school girls. Alaskans are encouraged to apply, and expeditions target youths…

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…

Melting glaciers could speed up carbon emissions into the atmosphere

March 16, 2021

Article adapted from the University of Leeds The loss of glaciers worldwide enhances the breakdown of complex carbon molecules in rivers, potentially contributing further to climate change. AK CASC researcher and UAS Professor of Environmental…

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…

Watch: How researchers study glacial lake outburst floods in Juneau

August 19, 2020

The AK CASC has released the second video in a short series on glacial outburst flooding at Suicide Basin in Juneau. Following the first video, the recent addition highlights research in the basin and how…

Annual Report – 2020 Year in Review

July 13, 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.

Watch: New AK CASC video on glacial lake outburst floods in Juneau

July 1, 2020

title slide: Hidden Waters: The Suicide Basin Outburst Flood

Check out the first video in a short series on glacial outburst flooding at Suicide Basin, in Juneau.

The AK CASC has been working with partners to monitoring the basin for several years to better understand and predict flooding events.

New study highlights findings and predictions for Juneau glacial outburst flood

June 1, 2020

A paper published last week in Frontiers in Earth Science explores the evolving dynamics of Suicide Basin, a glacier-dammed lake in Juneau that releases annual outburst floods, causing inundation and erosion in the Mendenhall Valley.