climate change
Helping threatened Alaska communities adapt
A report authored by Alaska Sea Grant shines a light on the challenges remote communities face in taking advantage of resources for addressing environmental threats caused by a rapidly warming…
Read MoreState Fellow alum Meeker supporting community resilience in Alaska
During her Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship in 2018, Danielle Meeker worked in the Office of Alaska Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott, where she helped draft the Alaska Climate Change Strategy…
Read MoreConference addresses rapid change in Western Alaska
The 16th Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference was held in Nome this month, hosted by Alaska Sea Grant and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus. The four-day conference brought…
Read MoreFostering local resilience for Alaska fishing communities
Climate change has dramatically impacted Gulf of Alaska fisheries. The global phenomenon has led to fisheries disasters over the last several years, including declines in Chinook and other salmon as…
Read MoreClimate adaptation specialist joins Alaska Sea Grant
Alaska Sea Grant welcomes Sean Kelly as our new climate adaptation specialist. Based at our downtown Anchorage office, Kelly will add capacity to Alaska Sea Grant’s coastal community resilience efforts.…
Read MoreSupporting European green crab early detection
Last year, a new crab species was spotted in Alaska for the first time, and it has the potential to disrupt native species and ecosystems. Since that initial detection of…
Read MoreWorkshop summary released on drought and extreme events in Southeast Alaska
Alaska Sea Grant recently published the workshop summary Drought and Extreme Events: Building Collaborations To Enhance Data, Decision Making, and Adaptation Planning in Southeast Alaska. The summary details activities and…
Read MoreResearchers and residents share Western Alaska science, art and humanities
The 15th annual Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference (WAISC) recently took place at the UAF Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham. This hybrid event had thirty-seven presenters in person and one…
Read MoreHigh school students learn about harmful algae in western Alaska
For three days in November, students from Nome-Beltz High School learned about ocean algae, especially about toxin producing species that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) in humans and marine wildlife.…
Read MoreAlaska Climate Adaptation Community of Practice convenes in Anchorage
“It’s difficult to work from silos on something that is so fundamentally cross-disciplinary.”—event participant The Alaska Climate Adaptation Community of Practice (CoP) met in Anchorage earlier this fall for a…
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