University of Alaska gets $20M to study effects of climate change on fishing and harvesting in the Gulf of Alaska
23-04-2024 23:51 via ktoo.org

University of Alaska gets $20M to study effects of climate change on fishing and harvesting in the Gulf of Alaska

People fish off North Douglas in July 2023. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
A new University of Alaska research project will look at how human-caused climate change affects fishing, farming and harvesting in the Gulf of Alaska to build resilience for communities that rely on the ocean.
$20 million dollars of funding from the National Science Foundation will support the work of 23 researchers at all three University of Alaska campuses in Fairbanks, Juneau and Anchorage.
Jason Fellman of the Alaska Coastal
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