Speaker: Chris Arp, Water and Environmental Research Center, UAF
Seeing ice first form on lakes and rivers signals the start of winter for many Alaskans. Despite longer and warmer falls in recent years, trends in freeze-up timing are often inconclusive. Part of this challenge may be defining whether freeze-up occurs as a single-day event or a progressive process with widely varied timing depending on the waterbody and season of interest. Defining freeze-up in terms that matter to how people use waters for travel, recreation, and subsistence is likely just as important. As part of a new freshwater ice observation program, Fresh Eyes on Ice, we are looking for citizen observations and insights into freeze-up and the entire ice cycle. This webinar will discuss new efforts being made to improve ice observation in Alaska and ways that you can help.
Please register to attend.