News from AK CASC
Each year, folks on the university side of the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center (AK CASC) make a trek to Washington D.C. The purpose of the visit is to meet with policymakers to share updates about the work that we do to provide communities with actionable science they can use to make decisions related to climate impacts, adaptation, and resilience.
Annual Report – 2020 Year in Review
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
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 CASC publication examines changes in lightning activity across the Alaska interior
Recently published research uses downscaled climate data to better understand past changes in lightning activity, and forecast what the future may hold.
AK CASC scientists link the effects of snowpack changes on salmon in Alaska Park Science article
AK CASC scientists Jeremy Littell and Stephanie McAfee are authors on a recent publication titled, “So Goes the Snow: Alaska Snowpack Changes and Impacts on Pacific Salmon in a Warming Climate,” in conjunction with the National Park Service.
New study highlights findings and predictions for Juneau glacial outburst flood
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.
Publication in journal Forests highlights needs-focused research for Alaska’s fire managers
AK CASC scientists have been analyzing the effectiveness of various fire risk indices in collaboration with colleagues at the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center.