Projects
We engage with people on climate projects
including communities, agencies, nonprofits, + academics
We create websites, publications, videos, + graphics
for research groups affiliated with the University of Alaska
We produce Northern climate + weather data
freely usable by researchers in their own work
All SNAP projects
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![]() | Alaska-Canada Climate-Biome Shifts | Projections of shifts in 18 climate types linked to ecological biomes across Alaska, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. An expansion of the Connecting Alaska Landscapes project. |
![]() | ALFRESCO and Habitat Research | ALFRESCO simulates responses of subarctic and boreal vegetation to climatic changes. |
![]() | Arctic Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Society | Relationships between climate change and availability of subsistence resources. Creating scenarios of how and where resources may be available in the future. |
Arctic Data Collaborative (ARDAC) | ARDAC houses Arctic data sets that can be be utilized in their current form for decision-making and project planning. | |
![]() | Arctic Environmental and Engineering Data and Design Support System | The Arctic-EDS will refine and further develop sustainable technologies to provide best-available data curated for engineering design needs in a single, dynamically-updated, online hub. |
![]() | Climate Change Baseline Analysis for the United States Army Garrison Alaska | Climate change already is affecting the built environment, including Department of Defense (DoD) built and natural infrastructure. This infrastructure is necessary for military readiness and daily operations. Thus, clear, well-supported, contextual information is needed on appropriate and applied use of climate information for non-experts. |
![]() | Climate Change Scenario Planning for Alaska National Parks | Developed climate change scenarios for NPS-managed areas in Alaska; and a discussion tool for Alaska national park visitors. |
![]() | Climate Change Summary Reports for National Parks, Preserves, and Monuments | Brief fact sheets providing climate projections for each of Alaska’s National Park Service areas. |
![]() | Community Partnerships for Self-Reliance | Facilitating community driven responses to self-reliance and sustainability challenges by identifying and linking relevant information and research support. |
![]() | Connecting Alaska’s Landscapes into the Future | Projections of shifts in 18 climate types linked to ecological biomes across Alaska, with emphasis on several key species. This project was expanded in Alaska Canada Biome Shift. |
![]() | Governor’s Subcabinet on Climate Change | A report to the State of Alaska on the potential long-term impacts of climate change. |
![]() | Great Bear Lake Climate Change Analysis | An analysis of potential future climate change impacts in the Great Bear Lake region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. |
![]() | IEM: An Integrated Ecosystem Model for Alaska and Northwest Canada | Using modeling to understand potential landscape, habitat, and ecosystem change in Alaska and Northwest Canada. |
![]() | Igiugig Village Climate Change Adaptation Assessment | This Adaptation Assessment is the first step in developing a climate adaptation plan for the Igiugig Village Council (IVC). The ultimate objective of this assessment is to create a baseline foundation of information, research, and partnerships that are locally driven and dynamic in nature. |
![]() | Interdisciplinary Research for Arctic Coastal Environments (InteRFACE) | InteRFACE is a DOE-SNAP collaboration which will research changes in sea-ice and marine ecosystems and the effects of those changes on coastal people, infrastructure, and economies. |
![]() | Managing for the Future in a Rapidly Changing Arctic: a Report to the President | Highlights the need to use the best available science in decision-making about Arctic development and conservation. |
![]() | Modeling Spruce Bark Beetle Outbreaks in a Warming Climate | We aim to determine how changes in summer, fall and winter temperature regimes may affect spruce beetle population growth and survival, and thus determine the climate-linked potential for increased damage to standing live trees in Interior Alaska. |
![]() | National Petroleum Reserve: Alaska Climate Change Analysis | Assessing potential impacts of climate change on temperature, precipitation, water availability, vegetation, and fire regime in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. |
![]() | Nenana Ridge Experimental Burn | SNAP collaborated with scientists, engineers and foresters on an experimental burn that quantified the effects of fuels reduction treatments on fire behavior. |
![]() | Permafrost Dynamics Modeling in Alaska Using a High Spatial Resolution Dataset | SNAP is working with UAF geophysicists to project what may happen to permafrost in the future, and to map these projections statewide. |
![]() | Precipitation Projections for Alaska Infrastructure | SNAP collaborated with the Alaska Department of Transportation to develop a point precipitation frequency tool using state-of-the-art climate projections to better understand the future of precipitation trends across Alaska. |
![]() | Protecting Transportation Infrastructure Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems | How unmanned aircraft systems (UASs or drones) can be used for the surveillance of pipeline infrastructure. |
![]() | Slope Stability Modeling | Hyper-detailed surface modeling and change detection methods have been developed to understand slope stability along critical Alaska highways at Glitter Gulch and Long Lake. |
![]() | State Change and Vulnerability in the Alaska Boreal Forest | Understanding the connections among vegetation, the organic soil layer, and permafrost ground stability in Alaska boreal ecosystems. |
![]() | Steller Sea Lion Surveys | UAS research confirmed that threatened Steller Sea Lion populations could be more accurately and safely surveyed at their haul-outs and rookeries. |
![]() | UAV Inspection of the Placer River Trail bridge through image-based 3D modeling | Unmanned aerial vehicle research resulted in the first bridge inspection and a hyper-detailed 3D model for bridge inspections in the United States. |
![]() | Yukon Water Availability Analysis | Developing a modeling tool for mapping future growing-season water availability for the Yukon. |