What's Changing
Alaska lives on “the melting edge” of global climate change. Temperatures in Alaska are increasing nearly twice as fast as global averages, changing everything from the timing of subsistence, to the stability of coastlines and buildings, to the ability to travel safely on what used to be frozen rivers and sea ice. Find out more about what’s changing and why.
What's Changing
Alaska lives on “the melting edge” of global climate change. Temperatures in Alaska are increasing nearly twice as fast as global averages, changing everything from the timing of subsistence, to the stability of coastlines and buildings, to the ability to travel safely on what used to be frozen rivers and sea ice. Find out more about what’s changing and why.
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Children of the Dig
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Oscarville is a small, remote Yup’ik community whose primary food resources come from the land, air and sea. This community is deeply rooted in the
Story: Vulnerability Assessment Process: A Case Study from the Middle Kuskokwim
Check out this recent presentation on the Georgetown Vulnerability Assessment. This presentation provides an overview of the process from vision to completion. Mission: To
Story: Living off the Land: Environmental impacts to access Interior Alaska
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Visualizing Climate Change
Workshop summaries, Project Toolboxes, and Posters are available in PDF format for your convenience. Please download, print and share these files.
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Workshops
Below are a collection of PDFs of presentation from recent workshops.
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Visualizing Climate Change
