News from AK CASC
This summer, Alaska Voices is on the radio. Airing on KUAC out of Fairbanks, KSKA out of Girdwood, KSTK out of Wrangell, and KNOM out of Nome, the six-episode series highlights the climate adaptation lessons…
High-resolution climate projections for Southeast Alaska
Planning for the future in the complex landscape of Southeast Alaska is a challenging task.
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.