Related Link: http://www.faculty.uaf.edu/fffsc/Chapin joined the faculty in 1973. Most of his research addresses the effects of changes in climate and wildfire on Alaskan ecology and rural communities. He is especially interested in ways that communities and agencies can develop options that increase sustainability of ecosystems and human communities over the long term in spite of rapid climatic and social changes.
Through his research, he tries to determine how climate, ecology, and subsistence resources are likely to change in the future. This information should enable people to make more informed choices about options for long-term sustainability.
He teaches classes at the university, directs the Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research Program and co-directs the interdisciplinary graduate program in Resilience and Adaptation. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Swedish Royal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.
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