Climate change in Alaska

There’s a lot less sea ice in the Arctic, and only 1% of it is old ice, which is thicker and more resilient. (Image: NOAA Climate.gov)

In this Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, file photo, flames burn up a giant tree as part of the Windy Fire in the Trail of 100 Giants grove in Sequoia National Forest, Calif. California firefighters battled fast-growing forest fires threatening giant sequoias and small communities in the Sierra Nevada on Monday, Sept. 27, and worked to fully surround a suspected arson wildfire that destroyed homes the week before. More than 2,000 firefighters were on the lines of the Windy Fire burning on the Tule River Indian Reservation and in Sequoia National Forest, including Giant Sequoia National Monument. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

On July 12, 2011, crew from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy retrieved a canister dropped by parachute from a C-130 during the ICESCAPE mission, or “Impacts of Climate on Ecosystems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment.” (Photo by Kathryn Hansen/NASA)

On this show, in celebration of Earth Day, we hear from several guests about climate change and its impact on the sports and recreational activities that so many of us love. Our guests on this show are Tim Hinterberer, Toby Schwoerer, Rosie Brennan, and Dave Atcheson. Tim is a volunteer with the Citizen’s Climate Lobby. Toby is an accomplished cross-country skier and a research assistant at the International Arctic Research Center. Rosie is a two-time Olympic cross country skier, and Dave is an author, a hunter, and sport fisher. We cover how the climate in Alaska is changing, what these changes mean for all Alaskans, and what we as individuals can do to help combat climate change.

HOST: Martha Rosenstein

GUESTS:

• Tim Hinterberer – a volunteer with the Citizen’s Climate Lobby
• Rosie Brennan – a two-time Olympic skier
• Toby Schwoerer – a skier and a Research Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Economics at the International Arctic Research Center
• Dave Atcheson – an author, hunter, and sport fisher

LINKS:

Citizen’s Climate Lobby – Anchorage FB Page

IARC

Rosie’s website

Dave’s website

BROADCAST: Thursday, April 21st, 2022. 2:00 pm – 3:00 p.m. AKT

REPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, April 21st, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT

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