Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center
The Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center is one of nine regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs) under the Department of the Interior (DOI) managed by the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Climate Adaptation Science Center. The mission of the Centers and National CASC is to "deliver science to help fish, wildlife, water, land, and people adapt to a changing climate." CASCs provide the tools that managers need to develop and implement strategies that address the impacts of climate change on natural and cultural resources.
The Alaska CASC is hosted by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, with a USGS hosted office in Anchorage, Alaska. Program partners include:
- University of Alaska, Anchorage
- University of Alaska, Southeast
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Park Service
- USDA Forest Service
- US Fish and Wilflife Service
- USGS Alaska Science Center
- Scenarios Network for Alaska Planning
- Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy
- International Arctic Research Center
- Institute of Northern Engineering
- Alaska Climate Research Center
- UAF Geophysical Institute
Alaska and all CASCs generally participate in the following activities:
- Create and use high-resolution climate models and derivative products to help forecast ecological and population responses at national, regional, and local scales
- Integrate physical climate models with ecological, habitat, and population response models
- Develop methods to assess vulnerability of species, habitats, and human communities
- Develop standardized approaches to modeling, monitoring, data management and decision support
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Related Organizations:
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- University of Alaska Anchorage
- U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)
- National Climate Adaptation Science Center
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