all around the northern hemisphere. During recent years Alaska has experienced severe flooding, record-breaking snowfall, extensive summer forest fires, and strong autumn storms. This presentation will discuss new research that points to climate change as a culprit in fueling the increase in extreme weather.

Registration is strongly encouraged! Please fill out the web-form at: http://ine.uaf.edu/accap/teleconference.htm#register or contact: Brook Gamble, Program Manager, (907) 474-7812, accap@uaf.edu.

For directions on how to Participate / Call and Log-In to the Webinar: http://ine.uaf.edu/accap/teleconference.htm

If you are in Fairbanks, feel free to join us in person in ACCAP/SNAP's office: Floor 2 of the Denali Building, 3352 College Road, Fairbanks.

For more information, contact Brook Gamble: 474-7812; brook.gamble@alaska.edu.

t melted some and pockets of air and saltwater within the ice were spit out into the ocean below... leaving behind a denser and stiffer ice floe!

To see the latest NWS Sea Ice Analysis check out our webpage: http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/ice.php

ignals. Learn more about how we use this cool science to locate fish—http://1.usa.gov/TvbUeW

Images: (Left) Teacher Johanna Mendillo holding an above average pollock. (Right) Multibeam sonar on the Oscar Dyson used to locate fish populations.

out the winter months, helpful information will be available from federal, state and local agencies, disaster relief organizations and public safety organizations.

Everyone is encouraged to participate in the planning for events and to become more aware of the dangers of winter weather across all of Alaska. Winter hazards include heavy snows...blizzards...ice storms...extreme cold and low wind chills, widespread high winds, glazing of freezing drizzle or freezing rain, dense fog.