News from AK CASC
Relationships are at the heart of actionable science which is exactly what the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center’s Ambassadors Program is built to foster.
Now in its second year, the program provides $20,000 seed grants to University of Alaska faculty to do the foundational work that makes meaningful climate adaptation research possible. The researchers selected to do this are building trust with community and agency partners, collecting preliminary data and bridging the gap between science and practical questions.
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…
In the midst of the unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic, the AK CASC has adapted to a new, virtual mode of operation and found new opportunities in the current limitations. Despite challenges in conducting fieldwork, hiring…
The successful applicant will be part of a multidisciplinary study to link fine-scale hydrologic variation with juvenile salmon growth in Southeast Alaska streams.
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…
A new survey from the AK CASC aims to improve the experience of using the CASC Project Explorer website.