Alaska on the Elevator of Climate Change

The UAA/APU Books of the Year program is a powerful partnership between the University of Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Pacific University that brings faculty, staff, and community members together to understand common themes through both books serve as the catalyst for discussions of larger issues of local and international significance and invited presentations. Rick Thoman gave one of those presentations and the recording is available below.

Going Up: On the Elevator of Climate Change
Monday, Oct. 28, 5:30–7 p.m.
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

What does it mean to be on the “Elevator of Climate Change? Climate specialist Rick Thoman talks about the changes in the Alaska environment, the short and medium term impacts of accelerating climate and environmental change in Alaska and how we can prepare.