Tom Moran

Long-running forum spotlights Alaska’s marine policy

By Tom Moran | January 14, 2026

A cutout of the state of Alaska with a water design and the Big Dipper and North Star inside it. Below it reads "Alaska Marine Policy Forum."

The Alaska Marine Policy Forum is a Zoom call that’s older than Zoom itself. But over its 17-year history, the venerable event has maintained the same goal: to enable Alaskans…

Research fellow excels in HAB lab collab

By Tom Moran | January 12, 2026

A young woman stands bheind a pallet of 24 shoebox-size boxes labeled SeaTox Research Inc. She is smiling and giving two thumbs up.

Courtney White only spent one summer in Kodiak, but it clearly left an impression. “On paper, I applied for a three-month fellowship,” said White, who aided in harmful algal bloom…

New film documents community resilience in Western Alaska

By Tom Moran | December 11, 2025

A man in camouflage top, large backpack and red hat hold a camera and microphone. He is interviewing an older man in jeans, black down jacket, sunglasses and baseball cap. It is fall and they stand in dead brown grass along a wide river.

A new short film details ways that residents in Western Alaska are responding constructively to changes to their local environment. “Cumikluten (Pay Attention)” is a 36-minute documentary produced by POLARIS,…

Hello from our new science communicator

By Tom Moran | December 9, 2025

Alaska Sea Grant Science Communicator Tom Moran.

By Tom Moran A bold new era has begun at Alaska Sea Grant. Okay, that’s incredibly hyperbolic, but there has been a noteworthy change here in the Fairbanks office, as…