The 20th edition of the Arctic Report Card, published this week, continues to serve as a record of persistent and extraordinary warming in the North. As has been the case…
An 8-month-old was the youngest attendee at the International Arctic Research Center (ACCAP’s host organization) annual retreat this year. While colleagues lined up to strategize IARC’s future, they took turns…
The American Meteorological Society released its annual State of the Climate report this week, providing a comprehensive overview of global conditions in 2024. Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness scientists and…
Analysis of bowhead whale poop shows that more toxins from typically warm-water toxic algae species are entering Arctic food webs as northern oceans warm and lose sea ice. The findings…
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy is now the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness. The single word shift from policy to preparedness better represents the work…
ACCAP’s partners at the Alaska Fire Science Consortium released an updated report highlighting recent wildfire trends in Alaska, their impacts to humans and wildlife, and how science can improve wildfire…
The Alaska we experience today and our children will experience in the future is not the Alaska of the past. According to the 2024 Arctic Report Card, released this week by…
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy released a new report this week highlighting environmental changes and extremes that impact Alaskans and their livelihoods. “Alaska’s Changing Environment” provides people with timely,…
The ACCAP team is participating in the 2024 American Geophysical Union fall meeting held both virtually and in Washington D.C. We hope to connect with our colleagues and friends during the following…
For the fourth consecutive year, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy scientist Rick Thoman served as an editor of an annual federal report summarizing the world’s climate. “State of…
