Good afternoon,
Below are the ACCAP webinars scheduled for November.
Please share as you see fit.
They will all be recorded and available at the links below.
Best wishes,
Danielle
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Wednesday, November 17 @ 11am AKST
Friday, November 19 @ 12pm AKST
Tuesday, November 23 @ 10am AKST
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Wednesday, November 17 (11am AKST)
VAWS: A Tale of Two Ice Floes
(https://uaf-accap.org/event/vaws-a-tale-of-two-ice-floes/)
Andy Mahoney & Melinda Webster, University of Alaska Fairbanks
During the winter of 2019-2020, two drifting ice floes, thousands of miles apart, formed the temporary homes for two different Arctic operations. In late 2019, the icebreaker Polarstern was frozen into sea ice in the Central Arctic as the centerpiece of the year-long MOSAiC expedition. And, in February 2020, an ice camp was established roughly 150 miles offshore in the Alaska Beaufort Sea as the base of on-ice activity for the U.S. Navy's biennial ICEX exercise. In this webinar, we will discuss the weather and ice conditions at each location and how this impacted the science and logistics. In the process, we will introduce some of the science that was carried on these two ice floes and reflect on how the unexpected weather and ice conditions can create challenges, but also offer new insights.
More information and registration below
(https://uaf-accap.org/event/vaws-a-tale-of-two-ice-floes/)
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Friday, November 19 (12pm AKST)
November 2021 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
(https://uaf-accap.org/event/november2021-nws-briefing/)
Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy, University of Alaska Fairbanks
The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for December and winter season. Join the gathering online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.
More information and registration below
(https://uaf-accap.org/event/november2021-nws-briefing)
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Tuesday, November 23 (10am AKST)
ACCAP – Building Healthy and Thriving Alaskan Communities, Economies, and Ecosystems in a Changing Climate
(https://uaf-accap.org/event/november2021-accap-overview/)
Sarah Trainor, Nathan Kettle, John Walsh, Adelheid Herrmann, Rick Thoman, Margaret Rudolf, Danielle Meeker (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy)
ACCAP's portfolio of interwoven research and engagement in Alaska supports the underlying vision of building healthy and thriving Alaskan communities. Core themes include extreme events and impacts and capacity building in support of Tribal resilience. In the extreme events work, the team will use an integrated approach that brings together social science, climate science, and local expertise to: a) document socio-economic impacts of extreme climate and weather events in Alaska; b) engage practitioners to determine and meet information needs; and c) analyze historical and projected changes in extreme event occurrences to inform policy and decision-making.
The work also aims to support Tribal resilience by: a) bridging community-level climate adaptation planning and implementation with workforce and economic development; b) investigating and supporting boundary spanning and knowledge co-production between Alaska Native communities and climate and related researchers; c) innovating evaluation methodology and elevating Indigenous evaluation of climate-related knowledge co-production and climate adaptation. New outreach and engagement activities include assessment products that encompass societal impacts and adaptation, training for students and postdoctoral fellows, online course development, and enhanced convening activities with a focus on serving the needs of policy-makers, Alaska Native Peoples, tribes, and organizations throughout the state.
The next five years of ACCAP will include a sustained assessment specialist and small-grant competition, which like the core portfolio, aims to fulfill ACCAP's vision of thriving Alaskan communities, economies, and ecosystems.
This webinar will provide an overview of ACCAP's proposed activities for the next five years.
More information and registration below
