Climate Champions Season 1: Alaska
Featured Video
More than 142 bird species call Alaska home! Research Wildlife Biologist Steve Matsuoka explores how climate change is impacting Alaska's migratory birds.
Meet the Alaska Science Center
The Arctic is the fastest-warming region in the Nation. The Alaska Science Center conducts research about Alaska's earth and ecosystems to help local resource managers and the public make informed decisions. Learn more about our work here!
Alaska has many iconic landscapes: frozen tundra, vast boreal forests, glacier-capped peaks, towering coastal rainforests. Yet Alaska is also warming twice as fast as the continental U.S., creating concerns for the animals, ecosystems, and people who call the state home. Hear from scientists with the USGS Alaska Science Center working to understand climate threats to Alaska and its inhabitants.
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Climate Science Champions, Season 1: Mike Carey, Research Fish Ecologist
Fish Ecologist Mike Carey studies the impacts beavers have on warming Alaskan permafrost landscapes.
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Climate Science Champions, Season 1: Heather Johnson, Research Wildlife Biologist
USGS Wildlife Research Biologist Heather Johnson uses collar-mounted video cameras to peer into the lives of climate-threatened caribou.
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Climate Science Champions, Season 1: Vijay Patil, Wildlife Biologist
Wildlife Biologist Vijay Patil explores the effects of climate change and shifting seasons on Arctic-nesting waterfowl.
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Climate Science Champions, Season 1: Vanessa von Biela, Research Fish Biologist
Research Fish Biologist Vanessa von Biela investigates how heatwaves and other climate-driven stressors may affect Alaska’s spawning Pacific salmon in the future.
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Climate Science Champions, Season 1: Steve Matsuoka, Research Wildlife Biologist
Research Wildlife Biologist Steve Matsuoka explores how climate change affects the reproductive success of Alaska’s diverse bird communities, which include more than 100 species that migrate to Alaska each year world to breed.
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