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Browse recent issues of Alaska Park Science. Each link will allow you to access the collection of articles in that issue. At the bottom of the page you can also find the digital records for each issue and access a pdf. Another way to find what you are looking for is an article search.

CURRENT ISSUE

Reckoning with a Warming Climate

The wild lands of Alaska national parks are changing at a rapid pace due to the disproportionate increases in temperature at high latitudes. The uncertainty about cumulative climate changes and how they will impact specific regions is one of the greatest challenges facing park managers. Climate has fundamentally shaped the landscape of high-latitude parks, but now climate change is redefining them.

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A golden Arctic landscape from Howard's Pass.

Reckoning with a Warming Climate

Climate has fundamentally shaped the landscape of high-latitude parks, but now climate change is redefining them.

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Volume 21, Issue 1
Commemorating ANILCA at 40

The Alaska Region of the National Park Service is reflecting on the impact, legacy, and future of this unique legislation.
Volume 20, Issue 2
Beringia: A Shared Heritage

This issue highlights some of the history, intent, and accomplishments of the Beringia Program on its 30th anniversary.
Volume 20, Issue 1
Parks as Proving Grounds

Parks in Alaska pose special challenges to researchers. Read more about the science tools and techniques we use in Alaska.
Volume 19, Issue 1
Below the Surface

Fish sustained Alaska Natives for millennia and continue to represent food and economic security for many people.
Volume 18, Issue 1
Understanding & Preparing for Geohazards

Alaska is the most geologically active part of North America; in fact, many awe-inspiring park landscapes were formed by geologic processes.
Volume 17, Issue 1
Migration: On the Move in Alaska

Alaska is home to many amazing migrations. Read about human migration, where extinct species roamed, and wildlife migrations.
VOLUME 16, ISSUE 1
Science in Alaska's Arctic Parks

Encompassing 25% of the entire National Park System by area, five arctic parks form a massive, largely untouched wilderness area.
Volume 15, Issue 1
Coastal Research in Alaska

Dive into the latest edition of Alaska Park Science
Volume 14, Issue 2
Birds of Alaska

This issue includes articles exploring birds throughout national parks in Alaska, with emphasis on the changing ways to study birds.
Volume 14, Issue 1
Resource Management in a Changing World

How can park communicators share knowledge, inform, educate, and inspire park visitors without a good grasp of the particulars themselves?
Volume 13, Issue 2
Mineral and Energy Development

This issue covers a lot of ground: land status, mining history, natural and cultural resource protection, reclamation, and hazard abatement
Volume 13, Issue 1
Wilderness in Alaska

This issue includes articles on the economics, ecology and social value of wilderness.
Volume 12, Issue 2
Climate Change in Alaska's National Park

This issue includes articles tracking changes to glaciers and landscapes throughout Alaska
Volume 12, Issue 1
Science, History, & Changing Landscapes

In this issue: * Life and Times of Alaska’s Tundra Plants * Silurian Rocks at Glacier Bay * Using Story to Build Stewardship and more!
Volume 11, Issue 2
Science in Southwest Alaska

This issue includes articles on archaeology, invasive species management, a look at how salmon survive in a volcanic landscape; and more!
Volume 11, Issue 1
Volcanoes of Katmai

Katmai witnessed the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century when "Novarupta" occurred in 1912. Learn about the (literal) fallout.
Volume 10, Issue 2
Natural and Cultural Resource Studies

This issue explores connections throughout Alaska to studies on natural and cultural resources.
Volume 10, Issue 1
Resource Studies

Exploring connections to natural and cultural resource studies in Alaska's national parks.
Volume 9, Issue 2
Glacier Bay Scientific Studies

Since 1883, ships full of tourists have visited Glacier Bay. How does modern cruise traffic impact the bay?
Volume 9, Issue 1
Monitoring Park "Vital Signs"

The NPS Inventory and Monitoring Network studies broad ecological trends, or vital signs,and uses those to gauge the health of ecosystems.
Volume 8, Issue 2
Park Science in the Arctic

Proceedings of the Arctic Alaska Park Science Symposium and Beringia International Conference.
Volume 8, Issue 1
Natural & Cultural Resource Studies

A look at collaborative research, between not just different parks but across national boundaries.
Volume 6, Issue 2
Crossing Boundaries in a Changing Land

This issue covers the proceedings of the Central Alaska Park Science Symposium, held in Denali National Park.
Volume 5, Issue 1
Scientific Studies in Denali

Denali provides excellent opportunities to explore, study, and learn about natural systems and processes, as well as area history and cultur
Volume 4, Issue 2
The Legacy of ANILCA

The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) defined the ways we recreate in and use many federal lands in Alaska.