All News Listing
View recent news highlights from around IARC. For older entries, please see archived news stories.
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Low-cost monitoring of HAB toxins in Kachemak Bay
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) happen every year in Alaska and are increasing in frequency, likely due to rising ocean temperatures and other factors
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Low-cost monitoring of HAB toxins in Kachemak Bay
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) happen every year in Alaska and are increasing in frequency, likely due to rising ocean temperatures and other factors
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New baseline set for marine mammals exposure to ship traffic in the Pacific Arctic
Two new studies in this region establish a baseline on vessel traffic exposure and its potential impacts on two species of marine mammals. These studies advance our understanding of how increasing …
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New baseline set for marine mammals exposure to ship traffic in the Pacific Arctic
Two new studies in this region establish a baseline on vessel traffic exposure and its potential impacts on two species of marine mammals. These studies advance our understanding of how increasing …
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Conversations to Connect Us – Alaska Voices on Public Radio
This summer, Alaska Voices is on the radio. Airing on KUAC out of Fairbanks, KSKA out of Girdwood, KSTK out of Wrangell, and KNOM out of Nome, the six-episode series highlights the climate adaptati…
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Knowledge You Can Touch: Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center Brings Learning to Life at the Arctic Research Open House
This month, the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center took part in the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Arctic Research Open House, an event that draws hundreds of Fairbanks residents to the Trot…
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Alaska is Adapting and ‘Knowing Our Changing Home’ is Helping Us Understand What that Looks Like
The Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center is excited to announce the publication of “Knowing Our Changing Home: Snow & Ice Edition.” This publication features 13 stories that bring Alaska's…
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Conclusion by Annika Ord
Knowing Our Changing Home Conclusion By Annika Ord In Alaska, weather isn’t just a topic for small talk and brief encounters, it dictates whether our freezers are full and our grocery stores stocke…
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Foreword by Kristin Timm
Knowing Our Changing Home FOREWORD By Kristin Timm As a kid growing up in Wisconsin, I remember always sledding on Thanksgiving morning. Somewhere around the time I stopped sledding, sledding on Th…
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Sentinels of the Northern slopes: Mountain Goats, Avalanches and Ceremonial Robes
To be a mountain goat is to live where no one else dares. High above the treelines of Southeast Alaska, the alpine mammals creep along ridgelines and mountainsides through dense snow in search of b…
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Changing Ice and Rising Waters: Glacial Floods in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley
It was one of those rare cloudless days in Juneau when the Mendenhall Valley felt like a playground. Kids pedaled along trails, families hiked beside the lake, and lawns buzzed with summer chores. …
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Rivers of Change: The Impact of Climate Shifts on Salmon Habitats in Southeast Alaska
Water is the thread that weaves Lingít Aaní or Southeast Alaska together. It falls from the sky as relentless rain, clings to mountains as snow and collects in ice fields and glaciers. It trickles …
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Berry-stained Science in a Changing Climate
Up the Taku River, a washtub sank under the weight of red jewels, glittering in the sunlight. A family skiff held thousands of ripe nagoonberries and strawberries, evidence of a long day of harvest.
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70,000 Walrus, Seals and Sea Ice
The loss of Arctic sea ice has cycled through headlines for decades, rising and falling in public attention as new records are broken. But for researchers like Maeghan Connor and Donna Hauser, sea …
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Ice science from pre-k to gray
Father Thinh Van Tran knows about ice. A Catholic priest who serves the Diocese of Fairbanks, he’s spent time in the remote rural Alaska communities of Nulato, Koyukuk, Galena and Kaltag, deep in I…
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Announcing the launch of the AAOKH Endowment Fund
📢📢 We have big news!! Support AAOKH today to sustain your impact for generations! AAOKH launched the Alaska Arctic Observatory & Knowledge Hub Endowment Fund aimed at sustaining and strengthen…
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Alaska Wildfire Explorer Relaunched for 2026 season
Alaska Wildfire Explorer back online for 2026 wildfire season
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Thawing permafrost and rusting rivers update
The following article appeared in the IARC 2025 Annual Report (Year in Review) publication. This research also contributed to a recent (in press) article in the journal Communications Earth &&…
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Thawing permafrost and rusting rivers update
Thawing permafrost and rusting rivers: Understanding the changes in the Arctic by Diego Noreña Imagine a creek cutting through the Arctic tundra in Northwest Alaska. You’d probably picture water th…
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Public exhibit blends art, science and community knowledge
An art and science exhibit this spring at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center in Fairbanks explores the beauty, complexity and changing nature of Alaska’s winter.
