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Nancy Fresco

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Research assistant professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Transplanting lettuce seedlings from greenhouses to fields in mid-May at VanderWeele Farm in Palmer, Alaska. Tracy Robillard, NRCS Alaska/Flickr

February 3, 2022

Climate change could enable Alaska to grow more of its own food – now is the time to plan for it

Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Homegrown tomatoes and corn in Alaska? Climate change could make it possible in the 2030s and ‘40s – a rare silver lining for this fast-warming state.

Smoke from wildfires in Siberia drifts east toward Canada and the U.S. on July 30, 2019. NASA

August 14, 2019

Huge wildfires in the Arctic and far North send a planetary warning

Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Fairbanks

A researcher based in Fairbanks, Alaska, links 2019’s record-breaking wildfires in far northern regions of the world to climate change, and describes what it’s like as zones near her city burn.

2016’s warm winter meant not enough snow for the start of the Iditarod sled dog race in Anchorage, so it was brought by train from 360 miles north. AP/Rachel D'Oro

October 22, 2018

In Alaska, everyone’s grappling with climate change

Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Fairbanks

For everyone from traditional hunters to the military, the National Park Service to the oil industry, climate change is the new reality in Alaska. Government, residents and businesses are all trying to adapt.

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