Focus Areas | ACCAP

Changes in Seasonality: Impacts on Rural Communities in the Alaskan Interior

Craig Gerlach & John Walsh, University of Alaska

The goal of the discussion will be to identify specific climate information needs in the interior and to brainstorm ways to meet those needs.

Climate Change and Potential Ecosystem Change in Alaska, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories

Nancy Fresco, Michael Lindgren, Falk Heuttmann, UAF; Karen Murphy, US Fish & Wildlife Service

The joint final report from the Alaska Cliomes Project and the Canada Cliomes Project is now available for public download. Project results suggest some major changes in these cliomes and the ecosystems associated with them.

Connecting Alaska Landscapes Into the Future

Nancy Fresco, Scenarios Network for Alaska Planning, and Karen Murphy, US Fish and Wildlife Service

This project’s goal was to develop the ecosystem functions to ensure landscape-level connectivity within Alaska in the face of climate change.

Current Coastal Change Research/Management Projects and Priority Information Needs from Cook Inlet through Southeastern Alaska

Michaela Swanson, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Research on coastal change in the north pacific has increased rapidly in recent years, making it challenging to track existing projects, understand their cumulative insights, gauge remaining research gaps, and prioritize future work.

Managing for the Future in a Rapidly Changing Arctic: A Report to the President

John Bengtson, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Bendan Kelly, Executive Office of the President Joel Clement, Department of the Interior

This report is a call to action on a pressing issue of national importance. Our challenge is to apply the priniciples of Integrated Arctic Management to today's decisions and to those that lie ahead in our shared future as an Arctic nation.

Methane Emissions from Thermokarst Lakes

Katey Walter Anthony, Water & Environmental Research Center

This presentation examines the role and importance of permafrost melt in the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Observed changes in terrestrial wildlife linked to 20th century warming in Arctic Alaska

Ken Tape, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Data linking climate change to observed changes in arctic marine and terrestrial wildlife populations are scarce, despite substantial changes in sea ice and arctic vegetation that constitutes wildlife habitat.

Snow Falling on Yellow-Cedars

Paul Hennon & Dave D'Amore, US Forest Service

Scientists describe how they untangled climate and ecological characteristics of yellow-cedar to solve the mystery of the dying yellow-cedar forests.

What We Know About Walrus and Sea Ice: the Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook (SIWO) Project

Gary Hufford, National Weather Service, Alaska Region

This webinar discusses what we have learned about walrus distribution and habitat from a blend of western science and traditional knowledge, how this information provides the foundation for creating SIWO, and how you can contribute to the outlook.

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