Soils saturated by heavy rains unleashed the massive landslide that killed six people in the Southeast Alaska community of Wrangell in November, along with a… Continue reading
Moments after bashing some drywall with a hammer to expose my home’s water pipes to warmer air, I logged in to see another Special Weather… Continue reading
Collaboration in full swing by tribes, federal and state agencies, local and environmental interests
Unofficial total of 76.8 inches of snow at the airport tops 75.2 inches that fell in 2009.
Alaskans trying to quit their tobacco habits made some significant progress over the past year, according to the annual report released this week by the… Continue reading
The female woolly mammoth was 20 years old when she stumbled amid the grasslands. She fell in a cloud of dust, then gasped her last… Continue reading
New study raises questions about further development in the animals’ habitat
After two weeks of harrowing negotiations at the COP28 summit in Dubai, world leaders and oil giants decamped after agreeing to transition away from fossil… Continue reading
“This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” As spring arrived in southwestern Alaska, a handful of people from… Continue reading
Here’s a great way to clean up the air in downtown Juneau during the busy cruise ship season. The tourism manager for the City and… Continue reading
Climate change, government management, competition from hatchery fish cited as reasons.
As ConocoPhillips begins a major winter construction season for its planned Willow oil development, the governments of a North Slope village that were among the… Continue reading
Smokehouse Collective invests in “our resilience as Native peoples to persevere in our cultures.”
Initiative also mandates paid sick leave, protects workers from political or religious messages.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety is shopping for some distinctly Northern items of clothing: a collection of fur hats. The intent to buy the… Continue reading
While Alaska didn’t have an ex-typhoon Merbok style widespread high impact event in 2023, there was still lots to contend with. Here’s a selection, in… Continue reading
Veterans internships being offered for work in Tongass National Forest In partnership with the Mt. Adams Institute, the Tongass National Forest is hiring VetsWork AmeriCorps… Continue reading
Presentations about research, expeditions and other topics continue until March 29.
Bulletin details adverse childhood experiences that are known to lead to poor health outcomes.
UA researchers plan to explore viability of injecting plant’s carbon emissions underground.