News from AK CASC

From Blueberries to Burn Zones: Meet the 2026 AK CASC Ambassadors

By Suzanna Caldwell | March 5, 2026

Relationships are at the heart of actionable science which is exactly what the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center’s Ambassadors Program is built to foster.

Now in its second year, the program provides $20,000 seed grants to University of Alaska faculty to do the foundational work that makes meaningful climate adaptation research possible. The researchers selected to do this are building trust with community and agency partners, collecting preliminary data and bridging the gap between science and practical questions.

Annual Report – 2022 Year in Review

By Mike Delue | August 23, 2022

The AK CASC Annual Report 2022 highlights developments over the last year while also diving deeper into the work of our scientists and staff.

Research across the Pacific: PI-AK scientists meet in Juneau

By Molly Tankersley | August 17, 2022

On the banks of Montana Creek in Juneau, Alaska, a group clad in colorful rain gear watches expectantly as AK CASC graduate student Kevin Fitzgerald empties a throng of juvenile salmon from a small wire…

AK CASC-supported Report Highlights Climate Impacts and Community Response in Juneau

By Molly Tankersley | July 13, 2022

Today, the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center (ACRC) at the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) released a comprehensive report on the impacts and response to climate change in Juneau titled, Juneau’s Changing Climate and Community Response.…

Position Opening: Assistant Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison – Alaska

By Mike Delue | June 10, 2022

The Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (NAFWS), is hiring two Assistant Tribal Climate Resilience Liaisons who will work with the Alaska CASC to build collaborative and meaningful relationships between the UAF/USGS partnership and Alaska…

Parallels across the Pacific: A new website launches for the Pacific Islands-Alaska CASC collaboration

By Molly Tankersley | April 15, 2022

The Alaska and Pacific Islands CASCs are announcing the launch of a new website designed to share their unique collaborative efforts exploring the effects of climate change on their local, but comparable, watershed ecosystems. Thousands…