Documenting Extreme Event Impacts Throughout Alaska
June 11 @ 11:00 am to 12:00 pm AKDT
Speaker: Anjali Shah, Extreme Events Fellow (Alaska Fellows Program) working with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
From coastal flooding to winter rain to landslides, extreme weather significantly impacts the lives of Alaskans. This webinar will showcase the process of synthesizing information from newspaper articles, climate model outputs, National Weather Service data, and government reports into clear, accessible two- and four-page fact sheets. Extreme Events Fellow Anjali Shah will also discuss how archival research, science communication, and graphic design come together to produce these materials on a range of high-impact events across Alaska.
Speaker Bio: Anjali Shah is an Extreme Weather and Climate Impacts Fellow at ACCAP. As part of the Alaska Fellows Program, she is working on expanding ACCAP’s Historic Extreme Events Library. She creates documents and interactive web pages that clearly communicate the impact of specific extreme events on Alaskan communities. Her background is in earth science and applied mathematics, and she aspires to engage with communities to conduct research that maintains healthy ecosystems and meets local needs.