News | ACCAP
1 post published by Heather McFarland during August 2025| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
1 post published by Heather McFarland during August 2025| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
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 …| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
Speakers: Caroline Erickson (ACCAP Alaska Fellow) and Rick Thoman (ACCAP Climate Specialist) Extreme weather and climate events can have dramatic impacts on Alaskans lives and livelihoods but it ca…| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
9 posts published by Heather McFarland in the year 2024| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
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…| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
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 | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
ACCAP launched a new podcast this week exploring the life and career of Rick Thoman, from tracking the weather on his bedroom wall as a child to becoming Alaska’s trusted…| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
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…| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
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…| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
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,…| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
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…| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
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…| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
Each year ACCAP’s climate specialist Rick Thoman appears in hundreds of news stories as a trusted source of climate change information in Alaska. Reporters across the state, nation and world…| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
The frequency and intensity of wildfires, coastal storms, flooding, landslides, avalanches and other extreme events are increasing in Alaska. An understanding of past events helps people plan for t…| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy works to improve the ability of Alaskans to respond to a changing climate| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
This podcast miniseries focuses on the life and career of ACCAP’s climate specialist, Rick Thoman. Each episode focuses on a different component of Rick’s story, spanning from how he arrived in Ala…| ACCAP | Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness
