News from AK CASC
Fire seasons are changing, and Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center science is trying to help fire managers prepare.
Jeremy Littell, an AK CASC research ecologist, is presenting on what those changes might look like in a webinar for the Alaska Fire Science Consortium Tuesday, April 21.
Littell will explain how future projections from ALFRESCO fire modeling and the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS) may be used to plan for future changes in fire regimes and weather.
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.
“Alaska Voices” podcast launch
The Alaska Voices project launched a new podcast on May 7. Alaska Voices began as a collaboration between the nation-wide StoryCorps project and the AK CASC as a way to bring unique stories of climate science and climate change to new audiences.
Local climate data for southeast Alaska
AK CASC researchers are working with a team of stakeholders to create highly detailed climate projections for the region that will help managers prepare for the rapid changes in climate Southeast Alaska faces.
A new era of spatial analysis: AK CASC Fellow Erin Trochim hosts Google Earth Engine workshop
Google Earth Engine can be used to study trends and changes across Earth’s surface over space and time, and ask complex geospatial questions.
AK CASC-supported training teaches science storytelling skills
Climate science is a complex and often misinterpreted field. This week a group of climate scientists came together in Fairbanks to address this issue.
New dynamical downscaling techniques garner attention
A group of AK CASC-affiliated researchers has achieved some success in their efforts to downscale past climate profiles in and around Alaska. Based on a wide variety of coarse-resolution historical data, an array of new visualization and forecasting tools is now available.