Unraveling the History of Avalanches in Juneau

Scientific American

An ongoing study of tree rings is helping scientists understand their past behavior to help keep the city safe in the future.

Can yellow-cedar recover from climate-driven declines?

Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center

Across the temperate rainforest of Southeast Alaska, warming winters are reducing snowpack in the region and causing a massive decline in a culturally, economically, and ecologically important tree species; yellow-cedar.

Linking Traditional Ecological Knowledge and herring spawn records to predict the future of Harmful Algal Blooms

Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center

Traditional harvesting practices used by Alaska Native communities to reduce the risk of paralytic shellfish poisoning could help ACRC researcher John Harley improve predictions of harmful algal blooms in a changing climate, and inform shellfish harvesting activities to keep communities safe in changing conditions.

New study highlights findings and predictions for Juneau glacial outburst flood

Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center

A paper published in Frontiers in Earth Science explores the evolving dynamics of Suicide Basin, a glacier-dammed lake in Juneau that releases annual outburst floods, causing inundation and erosion in the Mendenhall Valley.

What does drought look like in Southeast Alaska?

Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center

The term drought brings to mind cracked earth, forest fires, and empty river beds, but at the Southeast Alaska Drought Workshop held in Juneau this week, a different type of drought was discussed..