Changing the Climate of Growing in Alaska

The growing season looks to be lengthening, winter cold receding, and the overall heat of summer increasing.

Rising temperatures can be tied to most of the effects of climate change in Alaska. Reduced ice coverage, including shrinking glaciers, retreating sea ice, and ...

Climate change makes farming easier in Alaska. Indigenous ... - NPR

Climate change threatens many traditional foods in Alaska. But it's also making farming more possible. A new training program aims to help ...

Adaptation Resources for Agriculture: Responding to Changes in ...

Alaska is at the forefront of climate change. With increases in temperatures, agriculture in Alaska could see more opportunities for production.

Climate change could enable Alaska to grow more of its own food

Our research suggests that planning for future decades and even future generations may be crucial for keeping Alaska fed, healthy and economically stable.

Climate change makes farming easier in Alaska. Indigenous ...

Sorry, but local farms and community gardens are not going to replace the vast fields of the Midwest that grow corn and other crops.

Alaska-grown hazelnuts? A changing climate is helping growers ...

Alaska is warming two to three times faster than the global average. The state's growing season is three weeks longer than it was in 1970, ...

Later frosts could make new crops possible in Alaska. But climate ...

Shifting seasons and hotter temperatures could allow farmers to grow more produce. But climate change can also bring drought, ...

Climate Change, Farming, and Gardening in Alaska: Cultivating ...

Ongoing climate change and associated food security concerns are pressing issues globally, and are of particular concern in the far north ...

Alaska's Changing Vegetation Processes and Patterns

Widespread and severe insect outbreaks have recently occurred across southcentral Alaska, enhanced by climate warming. Insect damage in forests ...

As temperatures rise, farms are sprouting in Alaska

As part of this, Seitz and Autry both highlighted a growing interest among Alaskans keen to grow their own food in the wake of a turbulent two years that has ...

Climate Change - It Grows in Alaska

Although the growing season in Alaska is short, particularly in some areas, it's getting longer. Still, from year to year, there are noticeable differences.

Climate Change, Farming, and Gardening in Alaska - MDPI

The objective of this research was to model current and projected climate conditions pertinent to gardeners and farmers in Alaska.

What Climate Change Means for Alaska - US EPA

Rising temperatures in interior Alaska have increased the length of the growing season by 45 percent during the last century, and the growing season will ...

Research shows climate change may enable Alaska to grow more of ...

Farmers in Alaska know ...

As climate change alters berry production in Alaska, communities ...

Spellman and her colleagues have been collecting reports from Alaskans about berry growth and harvest. They're also collecting data on berry ...

Alaska | National Climate Assessment

Because of its cold-adapted features and rapid warming, climate change impacts on Alaska are already pronounced, including earlier spring snowmelt, reduced sea ...

Projections of spring wheat growth in Alaska - ScienceDirect.com

The IPCC report (2014) reflects a consensus among the scientific community that global atmospheric temperatures are increasing, regional precipitation patterns ...

Alaska's Vegetation is Changing Dramatically

“Many regions of Alaska are experiencing a high level of year-to-year variability in the seasonality of vegetation growth—among the highest in ...

Climate Impacts in Alaska - US EPA

Warming in Alaska is already thawing permafrost, decreasing Arctic sea ice, changing ecosystems, and threatening the traditional livelihoods of ...