Scientists, teachers, and informal educators are integrating citizen science collected by Alaska Native youth with Western science to study climate changes in Alaska through the Arctic and Earth STEM Integrating GLOBE and NASA (SIGNs) program. The project team, which includes Alaska CASC Tribal Liaison Malinda Chase, recently assessed the needs of...

Scientific American recently published an article detailing how imformation learned from tree rings can help researchers understand the history of avalanches in the Juneau area. Alaska CASC-funded researcher Gabriel Wolken is working with the State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys and local partners to model past and future avalanches at sites around Alaska.

Alaska CASC University Director Scott Rupp and AK CASC-funded researcher Peter Bieniek provide input on Alaska's 2019 wildfire season.

Juneau Empire recently posted an article about the work of measuring water and ice levels in Alaska's Suicide Basin using drones that University of Alaska researchers have been doing with help from the Alaska CASC. 

Fourteen representatives from five Alaska tribes traveled to Fairbanks for a three-day knowledge-sharing workshop, hosted by the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center and the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, on a topic they are reckoning with daily: climate change.

Are you attending the National Adaptation Forum (NAF) this spring in Wisconsin? Don't miss these presentations from staff and partners from across the CASC network!

Are you attending the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting this year in D.C.? Don't miss these presentations from staff and partners from across the CASC network!

In recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day, we're exploring the ways in which the CASC network is supporting and partnering with Tribal nations and Indigenous communities to address science needs, build capacity, and inform climate adaptation planning.

Learn about some of our efforts to address the challenges of drought with these 10 examples from across the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Center network.

Lake adjoining Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, when a section of ice one-fifth of a mile wide separated ice in the basin from the main glacier.

Scientists with the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs) are actively working to understand and monitor climate change impacts on our coasts. Learn more with these 10 examples. 

Our program has a new name, but our mission hasn't changed. We are still hard at work delivering science to help fish, wildlife, water, land, and people adapt to a changing climate.

Spring is here and in many places across the country, trees are beginning to bud, flowers are blossoming, and the world is starting to look a little more colorful. Look a little closer though and you’ll find that many plants are facing challenging times.

Visit our new USGS fire webpage to learn how USGS fire science is making a difference

Undertaking scientific projects that are useful to people - specifically land and natural resource managers - is an important part of Jeremy Littell's work for the Alaska CSC. Learn more about Jeremy and his projects in this Scientist Spotlight.

A new publication examines the relationships between climate, hydrology, and wildfire – offering insight for improving the predictive power of wildfire models.

From retreating glaciers in Alaska to severe drought in the Southwest, climate change is set to dramatically alter our national parks. Here are 10 CSC and NCCWSC projects that provide a snapshot of our work in national parks.

A team of Alaska Climate Science Center researchers have undertaken a three-year effort to create a dynamically downscaled model that can better estimate climate and weather conditions across Alaska for the next 100 years.

Fate of Alaska's large carbon reserves could affect greenhouse gas concentration.

This opportunity is now closed. Applications are no longer being accepted to host the Alaska, Northwest, Southeast, and (proposed) Midwest Climate Science Centers.

From forest to grassland, desert to ocean, many wildlife species are already “feeling the heat” from climate change. Here are eight animals that provide a glimpse into how climate change is impacting wildlife across the country.

It’s only the middle of July, and the 2015 Alaska fire season is already the third largest since reliable records began in 1950 with over 4.75 million acres burned. That’s more than double the size of Yellowstone National Park.

A new scientific synthesis suggests a gradual, prolonged release of greenhouse gases from permafrost soils in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, which may afford society more time to adapt to environmental changes, say scientists in a paper published in Nature today. 

Kristin Timm, a designer with the Interior Department's Alaska Climate Science Center and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning, is among 10 designers who were recently recognized internationally for excellence in science communication.

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that Interior’s Alaska Climate Science Center is awarding more than $500,000 to universities and other partners for research to guide managers of parks, refuges and other cultural and natural resources in planning how to help species and ecosystems adapt to climate change.