Climate Change

Jul 03 2018
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Study examines risk to marine mammals from increased Arctic traffic

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Oceans

“We could aim to develop some mitigation strategies that would help ships avoid key habitats, adjust their timing, take into account certain migration routes and times,” Donna Hauser said. “As well as make some efforts to minimize sound disturbance by changing vessel speeds.”

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Jun 25 2018
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Petersburg Indian Association’s Brandon Thynes caps a bottle of ocean water at Sandy Beach. The sample is a part of Sitka Tribe’s efforts to study ocean acidification. (Photo by Alanna Elder/KFSK)

Tribes, communities monitor ocean acidification in near-shore waters

By | Climate Change, Environment, Fisheries, Juneau, Science & Tech, Southeast, Wildlife

Southeast tribes are joining in research efforts to monitor ocean acidification in the waters closest to shore. This coincides with data coming in from a ferry that for the past six months has been taking measurements along its regular route from Bellingham, Washington, to Juneau.

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Jun 21 2018
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At the top of the world, an international field school for research students

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Education

Earlier this month, the University of Alaska Fairbanks participated in an international field school in Utqiaġvik, giving early-career researchers a broad view of the Arctic coastal system and how it’s changing, along with some different methods for studying it.

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