Climate Bridge
Alaska
Community Adaptation Briefs

Decision-ready summaries — one per community.

Each brief synthesizes erosion, food security, and infrastructure findings into local adaptation priorities — the bridge from observation to action, and the building blocks of regional and preliminary data summaries.

6 briefs
Northwest Arctic

Kivalina

Published
Erosion & hazards

Loss of 70+ ft of shoreline in single fall storms; protective sea ice forms 4–6 weeks later than 1980 baseline.

Food security

Bowhead and beluga harvest windows shifting; berry seasons compressing.

Infrastructure

School and airstrip threatened; water/sewer at risk during surge events.

Local adaptation priorities
  • 1Managed retreat to higher ground
  • 2All-weather access road
  • 3Emergency shelter capacity
Feeds the Regional Adaptation Summary
And the structured data package for the AK CASC Ambassadors Program, NSF, and NOAA data models.