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The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy’s Rick Thoman and John Walsh contributed to the 18th Arctic Report Card released Dec. 12, 2023. The report card, produced by the…
In this video presentation recorded at the 2019 Glen Gerberg Weather & Climate Summit, ACCAP Climate Specialist Rick Thoman gives a brief background of his career, as well as what the International Arctic Research Center at UAF is doing to evaluate climate change.
ACCAP Climate Specialist Rick Thoman explains the difference between climate and weather in this animated short.
March 2019 was exceptionally mild over nearly all of Alaska and northwest Canada. Why? Three main factors were involved: a persistent high pressure system over the region, record-low sea ice extent, and warm ocean temperatures.
Climate and weather on Alaska public radio
Beyond the Weather
KUAC Public Radio, Fairbanks
Fridays at 11:04am
Providing perspective on the daily weather conditions with a longer range look at temperature, precipitation and wind, and the factors that drive them.
Beyond The Weather taps the knowledge of longtime Alaska climatologist Rick Thoman, and is a cooperative production of ACCAP and KUAC.