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Next Conference:
Wednesday, June 24
10:00-11:00am Alaska Local Time
OUTCOMES OF THE ARCTIC COUNCIL'S ARCTIC MARINE SHIPPING ASSESSMENT
Lawson Brigham, Distinguished Professor of Geography & Arctic Policy, UAF and Chair, Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment of the Arctic Council
In response to unprecedented changes occurring in the circumpolar Arctic, in 2004 the Arctic Council called for the Council’s Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) working group to conduct a comprehensive assessment of Arctic marine shipping. The Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA) 2009 Final Report represents the results of this four year study. Findings and recommendations were negotiated and approved by the Ministers of the Arctic States on April 29, 2009 and take into consideration Arctic marine geography, changes in sea ice and climate, history of marine transport, governance of Arctic marine shipping, current marine use in the Arctic, Arctic marine infrastructure, human and environmental considerations and impacts, and Arctic marine shipping futures scenarios to 2020. Join us for an overview of the AMSA findings, presented by Dr. Lawson Brigham.
Listen to the teleconference Podcast
Presentation/Slides: Outcomes of the Arctic Council's Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment
Read the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner's story
Read The New York Times Green Inc. Blog story
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The 2009 final report of the Arctic Council's Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA) is now available.
Click here to download a copy of the report (26M PDF)
Click on a chapter title to download individual chapters (PDF): Front and Back Covers; Table of Contents; Executive Summary and Recommendations; Introduction; Arctic Marine Geography, Climate, and Sea Ice; History of Marine Arctic Transport; Governance of Arctic Shipping; Current Marine Use and the AMSA Shipping Database; Scenarios, Futures, and Regional Futures to 2020; Human Dimensions; Environmental Considerations and Impacts; Arctic Marine Infrastructure.
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NEW web-tool: 2009 Experimental Forecast of Area Burned for Interior Alaska (This link will load a little slowly in a new window) The purpose of this experimental forecast is to provide managers with a forecast of the area burned in Interior Alaska for the upcoming fire season.
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June 2009: The United States Global Change Research Program Releases New Report
A new national report,
“Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States,” details visible effects of climate change in the United States and how today’s choices stand to affect the future. The report is the first to focus on observed and projected climate change and its effects specifically in the United States. UAF scientists A. David McGuire and John Walsh were part of a consortium of experts from 13 U.S. government science agencies, major universities and research institutes that produced the report.
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2009 Sea Ice Outlook. The first 2009 Outlook Report will be posted in June. Organizers are
currently soliciting contributions. Archives of 2008 reports are also available on the website. Arctic sea ice reached its 2008 minimum extent on September 12th, at 4.52 million square kilometers (1.74 million square miles), according to preliminary data reported by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).
For more information, visit the Sea Ice Outlook website, sponsored by the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH).
» Cross-Regional Dialogue: Climate Change, Water Impacts and Indigenous People.
Learn more about the Cross-Regional Dialogue here
Conference Flyer: Climate Change, Water Impacts and Indigenous Peoples
» The
Alaska Weather and Climate Highlights for April 2009 are now posted.
Listen to Alaska Public Radio Network coverage of ACCAP's Alaska Weather and Climate Highlights, May 2008.
» ACCAP sponsored a
Sea Ice Information Workshop,
November 19-20, 2008 in collaboration with the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium. For more information contact:
Matthew Druckenmiller, (907) 474-1156.
» 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.
