In the past couple of weeks two climate related reports of interest to Alaskans have been released.
The 2024 Arctic Report Card is now available and in addition to updates to some of the regularly tracked climate elements, like snow cover and temperatures, special essays this year report that large migratory caribou herds have seen significant population declines but at the same time, smaller coastal herds are holding steady.
Also, ice seals in the Bering and Chukchi seas have remained in overall good health during the past 60 years, although there has been a notable change in diet in some species.
The other report comes out of UAF with the brand new Alaska's Changing Environment 2.0. This updates and expands the 2019 original with a focus on extreme events and how changes are impacting Alaskans.
You can read the report, download the graphics, or get the complete PDF from the UAF international Arctic Research Center's website.
