News from AK CASC
The Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center is excited to announce the publication of “Knowing Our Changing Home: Snow & Ice Edition.” This publication features 13 stories that bring Alaska’s changing climate to life — not just through data, but through the voices of people who experience these changes firsthand.
Monitoring Glacier Changes: Tools and Techniques
Each tool scientists use to study the Mendenhall GLOF serves a specific purpose and helps reveal how much water is stored in the basin, when drainage begins, and how the basin itself is changing over time.
Kenai Peninsula Communities Struggle for Baseline Water Data Amid Climate Uncertainty
As temperatures rise on the peninsula, freshwater quality is expected to change — affecting both salmon and humans, new CASC-funded research suggests.
Storymap details Mendenhall Glacier and Glacier Lake Outburst Flooding
Every year since 2011, Juneau, Alaska, has been impacted by a unique type of flood that can only occur near places with glaciers.
In Metlakatla, Salmonberries Speak and Tell Time
Throughout the Berry Futures project, it became clear: Berries gather people, as much as people gather berries.
Food Systems in Focus as New Ambassadors Program Launches
The first-ever cohort of Alaska CASC Ambassadors will lead three new research projects on invasive European green crab, Kodiak Island’s food systems, and mariculture policy.
How a single Twitter DM, sent years ago, sparked an AK CASC effort to prepare a new generation of science communications
When the pandemic reinforced the importance of responsible science communication, two Alaska scientists hatched big plans.