Alaska Weather Voices – Episode 3: Successes
This podcast miniseries focuses on the life and career of Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)’s climate specialist, Rick Thoman. Each episode focuses on a different component of Rick’s story, spanning from how he arrived in Alaska to reflections on his near 40 years of service delivering tailored weather and climate information to communities. This podcast, hosted by Liz Carter, is made in partnership with Alaska Voices. ACCAP works to build healthy and thriving Alaska communities, economies and ecosystems in a changing climate. ACCAP is housed at the International Arctic Research Center within the University of Alaska Fairbanks. It is one of several Climate Adaptation Partnerships funded by the NOAA Climate Programs Office under grant NA21OAR4310314.
In this episode Rick Thoman shares key career accomplishments, and several collaborators weigh in on what makes Rick such a trusted source of climate information in Alaska. The episode includes conservations with Gay Sheffield (University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bering Strait Sea Grant Agent), Diana Haecker (Nome Nugget, editor), Ed Plumb (National Weather Service, marine and coastal flood program manager), and Uma Bhatt (University of Alaska Fairbanks, professor of atmospheric sciences).
