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Climate change in Fairbanks, Alaska

Climate change is affecting locations like Fairbanks in a variety of ways. In fall, these impacts include changes to fall foliage, heavier rain, and more frequent fire weather.

Explore these pages to learn how people in Fairbanks are at risk in a warming world.


Fairbanks' climate threats in include:

Explore some ways climate change is affecting Fairbanks in fall

Impacts to fall color

Conditions that trigger fall color are shifting with climate change.

Heavier rainfall rates

Heavier rain threatens people, ecosystems, and infrastructure nationwide.

More fire weather

Wildfire seasons are lengthening and intensifying.

Worsening drought

Warmer, thirstier air worsens drought

Impacts to food prices

Extreme events fueled by climate change can damage crops, reduce yields, and disrupt supply chains.

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