News from AK CASC
This month, the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center took part in the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Arctic Research Open House, an event that draws hundreds of Fairbanks residents to the Troth Yeddha’ campus for a day of learning and science engagement. Researchers from across the university, including a number of AK CASC researchers, showed up to share their work through engaging activities.
“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.
Vulnerability of subsistence systems in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
A newly-published article, by USGS lead author Nicole Herman-Mercer, focuses on the impacts that social and environmental changes may have on subsistence practices in Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.