» The
Alaska Weather and Climate Highlights for August 2008 are now posted.
» Listen to Alaska Public Radio Network coverage of ACCAP's Alaska Weather and Climate Highlights, May 2008.
» Alaska Climate Teleconferences
Next Conference:
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
10:00-11:00am Alaska Local Time
INCREASING INSECT REACTIONS IN ALASKA: IS THIS RELATED TO CHANGING CLIMATE?
Jeffrey G Demain, MD, FAAP, FAAAAI
Director, Allergy Asthma & Immunology Center of Alaska
Associate Clinical Professor, University of Washington
This teleconference will discuss changes in distribution of venomous insects in Alaska over the past decade including two recent sting deaths. We will explore the six regions in Alaska to determine how each area has been impacted and will look at possible causes such as increases in average annual and winter temperatures.
Call-in information and a list of upcoming conference topics.
Archive of past teleconferences
» In collaboration with the Alaska Native Language Center,
ACCAP hosted an Elders Panel for the Conference, Climate, Language and Indigenous Perspectives, August 14-15, 2008 on the UAF campus.
» ACCAP is working with the
Fairbanks Interior Issues Council Climate Change Task Force to develop a climate resilience plan for the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
