Live Dec. 11 Facebook Q&A on Alaska鈥檚 changing environment
December 10, 2019
International Arctic Research Center chief scientist John Walsh will answer questions
about environmental changes in Alaska and the Arctic during a live Facebook Q&A session
Wednesday, Dec. 11, from the American Geophysical Union 2019 fall meeting.
The event begins at 10:10 a.m. Alaska time, 2:10 p.m. Eastern, on the University of
Alaska Fairbanks Facebook page. Those who cannot dial in live can submit questions
in advance at .
Walsh is one of 10 University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers who contributed to NOAA鈥檚
14th Arctic Report Card released Dec. 10. He is also a co-author of IARC鈥檚 鈥淎laska鈥檚
Changing Environment鈥 report.
According to NOAA, some highlights of this year鈥檚 report card include 鈥渘ear-record
high air and ocean temperatures, and melt of the Greenland ice sheet, low sea-ice
extents, and shifts in the distribution of commercially valuable marine species.鈥
To read NOAA鈥檚 14th Arctic Report Card, visit . To read IARC鈥檚 鈥淎laska鈥檚 Changing Environment,鈥 visit .
MEDIA CONTACT: Marmian Grimes, 907-460-4750, mlgrimes@alaska.edu.