Alaska Science Center Seminar Series
The USGS Alaska Science Center has a monthly seminar series that runs from November through May. This series highlights the multiple research programs that are taking place across all disciplines at the center.
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Assessing the Responses of Caribou to Changing Habitat Conditions in the Arctic
Date: April 25, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m. (AK Standard Time)
Presenter: Heather Johnson, Research Wildlife Biologist
Abstract: Recent declines in several barren-ground caribou herds across North America have coincided with the ‘greening of the Arctic’, raising concerns about the influence of changing summer habitat conditions on caribou populations. The short Arctic summer provides caribou with important forage but is also the time they are exposed to intense harassment by insects, factors which are both being altered by longer, warmer growing seasons. Additionally, the summer ranges of barren-ground caribou in Alaska often overlap areas targeted for energy development, compounding concerns about the resilience of caribou to changing conditions. This talk will highlight recent research by USGS and our partners to better understand the influence of summer habitat and human development on caribou behavior and demography in the Alaskan Arctic, with implications for how populations may be impacted in the future.
Location: Leslie Holland-Bartels Conference Room, Glenn Olds Hall Building, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage (Click here for a map). Please park at the Carr-Gottstein Building.
Webinar information (note this has changed since last month)
A webinar will be available for all talks for those who cannot make it in person. For additional details or to be added to the electronic notification list, please contact Joe Eisaguirre or Yvette Gillies.
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November 2023 - May 2024 schedule
| November 8, 2023 | 11:00 am | Rob Witter | The Aleutian Cradle of Tsunamis |
| December 5, 2023 | 11:00 am | Vanessa von Biela | Alaska's Pacific Salmon Under Climate Change |
| January 25, 2024 | 10:00 am | Peter Haeussler | How did Denali get so tall? |
| March 20, 2024 | 1:00 pm | Elena Suleimani | Tsunamis of the 1964 Great Alaska earthquake |
| March 26, 2024 | 10:00 am | Doug Kreiner | Investigating Alaska’s critical minerals for a carbon-neutral future |
| April 25, 2024 | 11:00 am | Heather Johnson | Assessing the Responses of Caribou to Changing Habitat Conditions in the Arctic |
| May | TBD | Vijay Patil | Geese |