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UAF Storm Surge Research Project Underway in Coastal Communities Facing Erosion

By Davis Hovey | November 21, 2017

UAF's storm surge sensor set up in Shaktoolik to gather data on wave levels and more for NOAA weather forecasts. Photo Credit: Davis Hovey, KNOM (2017)

With the future probability of winter storms and the threat of flooding and erosion in coastal communities like Shaktoolik, UAF’s Jeremy Kasper hopes that the storm surge sensors will contribute to more accurate weather and storm forecasts, which could help community preparedness.

Last Season’s Difficulties for Diomede Auklets May Be a Sign of Changing Climate

By admin | June 22, 2017

Little Diomede

An assistant professor at the University of Alaska–Fairbanks suspects that changes seen in the auklet population on Little Diomede may be related to changes in climate.