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Support Alaska Sea Grant on Giving Day

October 28, 2021

The second annual UA Giving Day takes place over 49 hours from November 9–10. Show your support for the University of Alaska by participating in this statewide campaign and making…

Student interns from Kake contribute to local climate change studies

October 25, 2021

Elizabeth Figus, PhD, contributed to this story. During the summer of 2021, two students from Kake participated in Alaska Sea Grant’s Community Engaged Internship (CEI). The internship is designed for…

State Fellow spotlight: Ashley Bolwerk

October 20, 2021

Jesse Gordon contributed to this story. Ashley Bolwerk describes her professional path as one that has “meandered between science and education.” After spending six years working for the Sitka Sound…

There are 90 harbors in Alaska. How clean is yours?

September 29, 2021

Tav Ammu, Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow, contributed to this story. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) and Alaska Sea Grant are asking Alaskan boaters, harbor users, and community…

New podcast explores solutions to warming ocean

September 29, 2021

Ocean acidification and ocean warming are growing concerns of coastal Alaskans and the seafood industry. As carbon dioxide levels rise in the atmosphere due to fossil fuel burning and deforestation,…

State Fellow spotlight: Becca Cates

September 28, 2021

Jesse Gordon contributed to this story. Becca Cates recently began her Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship with the Alaska Fisheries Science Center. Cates earned her B.S. in Environmental Science from…

Remembering Judy McDonald

September 24, 2021

A long time University of Alaska Fairbanks employee and contributor to marine science and education, Judy McDonald, has died.  Judy worked at the UAF Seward Marine Center with her husband,…

Cause of seabird die-offs still unknown

September 17, 2021

For the fifth year in a row, Gay Sheffield has been investigating unusual seabird deaths in Western Alaska in collaboration with Bering Strait residents, Kawerak Inc., the U.S. Fish and…

Rainforest Festival promotes environmental literacy and stewardship

September 15, 2021

Each year in September, the town of Petersburg hosts a Rainforest Festival celebrating the beauty and bounty of Southeast Alaska’s temperate coastal rainforest. The Rainforest Festival is a non-profit event…

New podcast shares stories from coastal communities

August 30, 2021

National Sea Grant has launched a new podcast called On My Coast. The podcast shares the stories of people on America’s coasts and how Sea Grant brings science together with…

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