President Obama will be in Alaska soon, and he says climate change is the reason for the visit. Sea ice is disappearing. Permafrost is melting. And the state is grappling with increasing coastal erosion and wildfires. Climate change is here. Scientists who have studied warming in Alaska for decades join us on the next Talk of Alaska Statewide.
HOST: Annie Feidt
GUEST:
- Vladimir Romanovsky, professor at UAF’s Geophysical Institute
- John Walsh, Chief Research Scientist at the International Arctic Research Center at UAF
- Tom Ravens, professor of civil engineering at UAA
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LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.
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Annie Feidt is the broadcast managing editor at Alaska Public Media. Reach her at afeidt@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Annie here.
