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.
AK CASC science at AGU 2022
AK CASC researchers and students are participating in the 2022 American Geophysical Union fall meeting held both virtually and in Chicago. We hope to connect with our colleagues and friends during the following presentations and events.…
Survey: Help AK CASC understand weather station use in Alaska’s National Parks
The Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center and Alaska’s National Parks are interested in (1) better understanding who uses weather stations in and around the parks and why, and (2) learning about where people would like new…
Speaking the language of adaptation: AK CASC climate training brings Tribal communities together
As severe weather increases across Alaska, climate adaptation in rural Alaska is a growing task for Alaska Tribes. Earlier this month, a cohort representing twelve Alaska tribal communities across western and interior Alaska gathered at…
AK CASC drone pilots head to western Alaska as emergency response asset
On Tuesday, September 20th, CASC researchers and staff were called upon to support the US Coast Guard’s emergency response following Typhoon Merbok. Over five days the team worked alongside the coast guard’s Marine Safety Task…
Digging for the future of shellfish: AK CASC and Tribal researchers work together to understand changes to a valued subsistence resource
As the tide creeps up the shoreline at Juneau’s Amalga Harbor, AK CASC-supported researcher John Harley works shoulder to shoulder with collaborators from the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (CCTHITA),…
Annual Report – 2022 Year in Review
The AK CASC Annual Report 2022 highlights developments over the last year while also diving deeper into the work of our scientists and staff.