Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (open access)

Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

This fact sheet draws highlights for Alaska from the Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States.
Date: June 2009
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immediate Action Workgroup: Recommendations to the Governor's Subcabinet on Climate Change (open access)

Immediate Action Workgroup: Recommendations to the Governor's Subcabinet on Climate Change

This report identifies immediate priorities for addressing climate change in Alaska. The report profiles plans for infrastructure in several towns in Alaska which already have losses and significant risks to infrastructure as a result of climate change.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Opheen, Patricia
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tsunami Risk Reduction for the United States: A Framework for Action (open access)

Tsunami Risk Reduction for the United States: A Framework for Action

This document describes proposals for making communities better prepared and more resilient to catastrophic natural disasters like the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2006. Methods described include warning systems, data sharing, and land use decisions.
Date: December 2005
Creator: National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 5, Number 1, 2007 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 5, Number 1, 2007

Tunza is a UNEP magazine for and by young people. This issue is devoted to climate change and the International Polar Year.
Date: 2007
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Impacts on the United States The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change.  Overview:  Alaska. (open access)

Climate Change Impacts on the United States The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. Overview: Alaska.

This document discusses climatic trends in Alaska and how changes in weather and climate are affecting plant and animal populations, other geographic and environmental factors, and the socio-economic impacts on the region.
Date: 2000
Creator: National Assessment Synthesis Team (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library